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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: 1) by andersjm on Friday December 09 2016, @06:07PM

    by andersjm (3931) on Friday December 09 2016, @06:07PM (#439277)

    From the BT5 FAQ:

    Bandwidth can be decreased to achieve up to 4x longer range while maintaining similar power requirements.

    My impression is that the improvement in BT5 is some sort of configurability: The power levels are the same as before, but you can trade bandwidth for range or vice versa.