# Apple iBeacon: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/apple-ibeacon

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Retail, proximity and IoT marketing](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/retail-proximity-and-iot-marketing/index.md) | 0% | 107 | 0% | 1 |

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Apple iBeacon, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cio.com: 1
- clevertap.com: 1
- es.slideshare.net: 1
- f6s.com: 1
- g2.com: 1
- jowua.com: 1
- makeitapp.com: 1
- mediapost.com: 1
- mist.com: 1
- retailtouchpoints.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cio.com/article/240362/6-things-marketers-need-to-know-about-beacons.html: 1
- https://clevertap.com/blog/best-geofencing-marketing-platforms: 1
- https://es.slideshare.net/slideshow/15-retailers-making-it-big-with-their-proximity-marketing-campaigns/60601966: 1
- https://f6s.com/software/category/proximity-marketing: 1
- https://g2.com/categories/location-based-marketing: 1
- https://g2.com/categories/mobile-marketing/f/proximity-marketing: 1
- https://jowua.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/jowua-v10n1-4.pdf: 1
- https://makeitapp.com/en/ibeacon: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.