Indoor positioning advances
Indoor positioning systems using UWB and complementary technologies are advancing precision for industry use cases that GPS can’t handle — vendors are pushing improved in‑venue tracking for retail, logistics, and events. These tech moves lower the barrier to high‑accuracy, indoor location experiences. (x.com/WindowOnTech/status/2037678493375361393)
Markets research firms project the UWB indoor‑location market will jump from about $1.65 billion in 2025 to $4.94 billion by 2030 — a CAGR of roughly 24.5%. (marketsandmarkets.com) Pinpoint GmbH demonstrated a new generation of smartphone, smartwatch and smart‑glasses UWB navigation at MWC 2026, showing multi‑device interoperability standards promoted by the FiRa Consortium. (pinpoint.de) Vendors are publishing concrete accuracy claims: Pozyx advertises positioning down to ~10 cm, KINEXON’s PERFORM LPS advertises sub‑10 cm accuracy with latency under 100 ms, and Zebra’s UWB Hub cites coverage with ~30 cm accuracy for high‑density RTLS deployments. (pozyx.io) Sports deployments are scaling — KINEXON counts more than 400 teams and leagues as customers and lists partnerships including FC Bayern Basketball plus use across NBA teams and EHF tournament agreements for 2026–2028. (press.bmwgroup.com) Retail pilots are moving toward payments and commerce: JCB and Resona announced a full‑scale UWB payments commercialization project beginning in 2026, aimed at merchant demonstrations and user‑experience trials. (en.acnnewswire.com) Systems integrators and vendors advertise hybrid stacks that pair UWB with Wi‑Fi RTT, BLE/AoA and spatial mapping to cut deployment complexity for venues, a trend highlighted in 2026 industry guides and vendor product pages from CrowdConnected and Inpixon. (crowdconnected.com)
