Facebook implemented a new technology in the messaging features on its iOS app. According to ReadWriteWeb, the new update “could have a potentially big impact on the future of the Internet of Things.”
“The technology is called Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), an IBM-developed protocol for real-time messaging over networks with low power and bandwidth,” the post explains. “For Facebook app end-users, the immediate effect of using the push-driven protocol for the updated app won’t immediately be apparent, but it portends some potentially big features down the line.”
For the Internet of Things to become a reality, devices needs to seamlessly communicate with each other and users.
“Messaging in the Internet of Things sector is still gelling around one standard implementation, as device manufacturers figure out how to get sensors and other micro-devices to best communicate with the Internet and from there the rest of the world. MQTT is one such protocol,” suggests ReadWriteWeb.
Being adopted by Facebook could be the first step in MMQT becoming the standard.
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