We are actively using Web Bluetooth within our hardware debugging ecosystem (https://www.aidlab.com/developer/debug) for our wearable. It plays great role, as:
* It's multiplatform.
* You can rapidly upload the changes (it's web)
* Bluetooth 4.0+ is faster than semihosting (and Bluetooth 5 even more).
* You don't have to use wires.
but what worries me is that there is a visible slowdown in the development of Web Bluetooth (at least when we compare it to the rapid growth in 2015-2017). Is it going to be a dead technology soon? Because it is way behind being a mature tech.
Webkit is missing a _lot_ of useful features. Safari not implementing something doesn't have to mean its dead. It just means iOS users will be forced to download a separate app to interact with Bluetooth devices via the web.
Do they provide such a low level API to usual mortal developers? This isn't going to be nice and comfy in terms of usability if it happens the way you describe.
I would not say it's likely to die because it's obviously false since on iOS it's the only choice but it's true that when you see the release logs of Safari, it's moving very slowly very far behind Chrome or Firefox.
* It's multiplatform.
* You can rapidly upload the changes (it's web)
* Bluetooth 4.0+ is faster than semihosting (and Bluetooth 5 even more).
* You don't have to use wires.
but what worries me is that there is a visible slowdown in the development of Web Bluetooth (at least when we compare it to the rapid growth in 2015-2017). Is it going to be a dead technology soon? Because it is way behind being a mature tech.