If you're talking about the lack of USB-C or Skylake/Kabylake chips on the other Macs, then yes. Apple needs to update the line more.
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Bluetooth 5 With 4x Longer Range and 2x Faster Speed is Officially Approved
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My reply was regarding Apple using old tech, which clearly is not BT related - as they're using the latest BT specs. Improvements to BT in the new 5th gen, will hopefully continue with the low power use aspect, as that's one of the issues most people have with BT headsets, especially smaller in-ear units where battery size is miniaturized.
I'm not seeing the purpose here. Your bottleneck isn't wi-fi but the connection to the outside world. Do those devices send video outside off-site? If so, then you're still limited by your DSL to reach their servers. If not, well, your internal network should still be way faster when your camera is talking to a base station in the house. All the stuff in your house should be talking to the base station at hundreds of mbps if the signal quality is sufficient.
In other words, no, Bluetooth isn't going to do video better than Wifi, and the actual Wifi connection probably isn't your issue anyway.
How does that simplify anything? It just makes it really ****ing confusing trying to determine what version you're actually using.
50 Mbps versus 25 Mbps may be huge for BT audio.
Yet the current BT A2DP protocol for stereo audio is limited to 512 kbps. I don't fully understand why it can't use more of the 25 Mbps bandwidth since CD audio only requries about 1.4 Mbps. Maybe there are serious range and error correction issues? If so then BT 5 may be the holy grail of wireless audio.
Apple's decision to axe the headphone jack makes more sense now, except why not wait for BT 5 arrive? Will the Airpods be updated to a BT 5 protocol or does Apple wait 2-3 years while their competitors leapfrog them?
Yet the current BT A2DP protocol for stereo audio is limited to 512 kbps. I don't fully understand why it can't use more of the 25 Mbps bandwidth since CD audio only requries about 1.4 Mbps. Maybe there are serious range and error correction issues? If so then BT 5 may be the holy grail of wireless audio.
Apple's decision to axe the headphone jack makes more sense now, except why not wait for BT 5 arrive? Will the Airpods be updated to a BT 5 protocol or does Apple wait 2-3 years while their competitors leapfrog them?
Too bad my brand new MBP and iPhone 7 won't get it
It's your own fault for not waiting. I knew this was happening and didn't buy new devices.
Realllly? you realize 2011 was when Steve Jobs was there? Even knowing Apple still hasn't adopted basic things like NFC/Wireless charging on the iPhone, or finally brought "water resistant" iphone in 2016 when the Galaxy S5 had it years ago? Or take a look at the Mac lineup, no 32 GB Ram, less batter life, year old processors that MBP owners had to wait for (while Kaby lake will be rolling out over the next couple of months) while charging a ridiculous amount because of some gimmicky "touchbar" when there's a bunch of laptops these days that have touch screens.
Fact is, the current Apple under Tim Cook, cares about one thing, and that's their wallet, they care more about margins than actually giving us a good product, if they can charge $1,000 for an iPhone and put a cheaper bluetooth chipset in there, they will... and claim things like "battery life" or that "apple users don't want that", or "courage".
I'm 99.99999% sure that Apple won't have bluetooth 5 in the next iPhone, but rather wait to upgrade it for the "s" version the following year at the EARLIEST... might even wait longer.
Too bad my brand new MBP and iPhone 7 won't get it
No... you would be able to perform the upgrade OTA
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I hope I didn't screw up too badly making everything in my house home kit compatible this year. If I have to buy new bulbs, locks, thermostat, smoke detectors, AppleTV, Blinds, Ceiling fans, light switches and CCTV a year from now, that's gonna be expensive.
Well hopefully you didn't buy things that were ONLY home kit compatible... All of the devices I've purchased are compatible with home kit as well has having their own apps for android devices. What ecosystems have you bought into that are home kit only?
Maybe Bluetooth 5 will be on the AirPods? Not saying that they just slapped it in a week ago, Apple had insider knowledge for many months clearly. Bluetooth is backwards compatible of course so the iPhones that exist now won't fully take advantage of them yet but its not totally necessary. Nobody has said anything interesting like this about any other W1 headphone though so, maybe not. Would be interesting though.
i'll never use any thing but Apple's ecosystem even if the devices have compatibility with other systems. Each do have their own app but i plan on interacting with the entire home via the Home app in iOS 10 via an iPad Mini 4 mounted at the entry way in the wall and via Siri on our iPads, iPhones & Macs.
Devices I have:
Phillips Hue
Schlage Connect
Ecobee
Elgato Eve
Canary
Hunter Fans
Lutron Wall outlets
can't remember the auto blinds I bought.
I just hope to get at least 5 years out of everything purchased before replacing it all with whatever is new.
I guess I'm just confused by what you're worried about - why would current devices lose home kit compatibility because of bluetooth 5?
Who cares about new Bluetooth technologies when you just know Apple will break it with their rubbish software and attempt to use their own Bluetooth stacks!
My concern is around BT 4. What if it doesn't have the range I need and I'm stuck with a system that only partially works in some of the house and BT 5's extended range was what I should have waited for from the beginning. Maybe I invested in HomeKit too early?
My main problem with bluetooth is neither range nor speed, but rather the connection capability. Too many d@mn times when I'm turning on my Bose Soundlink and switch on bluetooth, it takes a minute and then it decides "mobile device cannot be found". Same thing often happened to my bluetooth headphones, so I bought a pair of great headphones with a cable, which still is the best way to listen to music.. Sadly.
Simplifying marketing? If you have a phone with a BT 4.2 radio, is it confusing to know if a device is compatible if it requires BT 3.0? How about the same scenario, but your phone has a 'Bobo' class BT radio, and the device in question requires a 'Harambe-class or newer' radio for compatibility? Or maybe they just say it's "Bluetooth!" and figure if the customer buys it and it doesn't work, they can just return it. Because we need to simplify the marketing.
Americans and British spell and pronounce it differently. Just having a little fun here.
I don't care for range either. I do find the charing annoying. I have a Bose soundsport, which have good sound. They are definitely better than my crappy weird. Either way, I like a wireless world, but wireless charing would be amazing.
The only problem I have is pairing with other devices. It's a pain, so I wish someone came out with a solution that wasn't proprietary.
The good news is that the controller will automatically cut the range and speed back without your knowledge so that the battery does not drain so fast. After all, if the bluetooth signal does not work as well as you expect, then we and Apple all know it has to be the environment, not the Apple device.
