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Bluetooth 5 With 4x Longer Range and 2x Faster Speed is Officially Approved
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I'm guessing "a larger broadcast message capacity" is bandwidth? As in the potential better audio quality?
EDIT: According to Engadget, that's probably not what that means. BT5 is about bringing Bluetooth up to modern standards which will then continue to be built upon. But according to BTSIG's official statement, BT5 is low energy.
EDIT: According to Engadget, that's probably not what that means. BT5 is about bringing Bluetooth up to modern standards which will then continue to be built upon. But according to BTSIG's official statement, BT5 is low energy.
Airpods delayed is due to this? Apple want to adopt Bluetooth 5 on it?
Finger crosss
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Don't worry. They will offer it with a $2 discount for next year's black Friday!
I can hear Tim Cook now: "We think our customers are really going to love it." There will be an uber slick video w/ Ives going on about how flawlessly the dongle is made. He will say "al-u-minium" at least three times.
Can't wait till 2023, when Apple starts adopting this into their devices.
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You think Timmy is going to cut into those margins?
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Lets hope the claim of more reliable connections is true. I have alway been frustrated by pairing being such a hit and miss affair.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group today announced that the Bluetooth 5 standard has been officially adopted, which means manufacturers are now able to build it into their devices.
The next-generation Bluetooth standard offers longer range, faster speed, a larger broadcast message capacity, and better interoperability with other wireless technologies.
Compared to existing Bluetooth 4.2 protocol, Bluetooth 5 offers four times the range, two times the speed, and eight times the broadcast message capacity, bringing whole home coverage and more reliable connections between connected devices.
With the debut of Bluetooth 5, SIG's Bluetooth naming convention will drop all references to version and point number going forward, simplifying marketing.
Devices that adopt Bluetooth 5 will be available within two to six months, meaning the next-generation products Apple plans to debut in 2017, including the iPhone 8, may offer Bluetooth 5 support.
Article Link: Bluetooth 5 With 4x Longer Range and 2x Faster Speed is Officially Approved
When the iPhone 5 came out, I believe it surprised some by getting better battery life on LTE because even though it used more battery, it was able to load the data and shut off faster as well preserving it in the long run.
somehow there's still a need for Wi Fi,, but i could see a day when we all connect via Bluetooth only if the standard could only support not needing Wi-fi just for the handshaking coms..
Much as the same way Wi-fi is only needed to make a connection. Bluetooth cold do the same..
Since a encryption needs to be paired and verified anyway, it won't compromise security in any way, since the initial "hi there" can be done outside of the pairing begins before connection begins...
Much as the same way Wi-fi is only needed to make a connection. Bluetooth cold do the same..
Since a encryption needs to be paired and verified anyway, it won't compromise security in any way, since the initial "hi there" can be done outside of the pairing begins before connection begins...
I can hear Tim Cook now: "We think our customers are really going to love it." There will be an uber slick video w/ Ives going on about how flawlessly the dongle is made. He will say "al-u-minium" at least three times.
Ives has always said aluminium with the the correct pronunciation, don't know people think he says it wrong
And that is why you always do research before purchasing new thing!Too bad my brand new MBP and iPhone 7 won't get it
No chance. Current BT can't even send audio without a half second lag. A VR display takes about 5,000 times more data than audio and it needs to arrive in less than 10 milliseconds to minimise sickness. (Ideally less than 2ms).
This is great, then we can finally cut the cord on all the headphones as BT5 can stream the required bitrate.
Now see how fast the adoption of BT5 will be. New iPhones and new Beats headphones, let them come.
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No, that would be a very unwise decision looking at the range differences between BT and WiFi currently.
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Without a matching BT5 iPhone this would be useless for now.
Now see how fast the adoption of BT5 will be. New iPhones and new Beats headphones, let them come.
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No, that would be a very unwise decision looking at the range differences between BT and WiFi currently.
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Without a matching BT5 iPhone this would be useless for now.
How about posting some figures in the article rather than 4x etc...
now I have to go look it up
now I have to go look it up