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Bluetooth 5 to Double Speed, Quadruple Range

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday December 08 2016, @07:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the wasn't-bluetooth-a-pirate? dept.

takyon writes:

The new Bluetooth specification will supposedly allow devices to double the speed and quadruple the range compared to Bluetooth 4:

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that the next version of its nigh-ubiquitous wireless technology is now available.

Bluetooth 5 boasts many improvements over its predecessor. It's said to offer twice the speed, four times the range, and eight times the broadcasting message capacity of Bluetooth 4. This new version is also supposed to work better while other wireless signals like Wi-Fi are active. All of these improvements combine to allow Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other connected products to be far more reliable than they were in the past.

Also at CNET, The Verge, and Engadget.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday December 08 2016, @10:53PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday December 08 2016, @10:53PM (#438903) Journal

    IoT is a buzzword device. Don't buy an IoT device if you don't want to connect to one.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday December 08 2016, @11:19PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday December 08 2016, @11:19PM (#438921)

    True.
    But as long as the privacy-invasion bubble continues, manufacturers keep looking for way to make devices which don't quite operate as you'd like until you allow them to connect.
    Given customer apathy and gizmo fascination, coupled with proper lack of regulation, they may end up being your only choice.

    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Friday December 09 2016, @06:16AM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Friday December 09 2016, @06:16AM (#439039) Journal

      coupled with proper lack of regulation

      Proper lack of regulation? Did you really mean that, or did you actually mean lack of proper regulation?

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      • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday December 09 2016, @05:05PM

        by bob_super (1357) on Friday December 09 2016, @05:05PM (#439239)

        Regulations are evil, didn't you get the memo?
        Under Obama, we often have a lack of proper regulations (or money to enforce proper regulations). Under Trump, we'll finally have a proper lack of regulation!