iMac Pro iMac Pro (Late 2017) Bluetooth 4.2 or 5.0?

[BeatCrazy]

I have always understood this model to have 4.2, but Apple's Tech Spec page lists 5.0:

https://www.apple.com/imac-pro/specs/

What gives?

 

[mikehalloran]

What do you mean by What gives? Apparently, something you read on the internet—or your understanding of it—is wrong.

From mine:

Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 6.0.12f1
Hardware, Features, and Settings:
Name: Mac-c42c032e797e (3)
Address: 8C-85-90-B7-05-74
Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes
Handoff Supported: Yes
Instant Hot Spot Supported: Yes
Manufacturer: Broadcom
Transport: UART
Chipset: 4364B0
Firmware Version: v66 c4392
Bluetooth Power: On
Discoverable: Off
Connectable: Yes
Auto Seek Pointing: Off
Remote wake: On
Vendor ID: 0x05AC
Product ID: 0x007B
HCI Version: 5.0 (0x9)
HCI Revision: 0x1128
LMP Version: (0x9)
LMP Subversion: 0x1042
Device Type (Major): Computer
Device Type (Complete): Mac Desktop
Composite Class Of Device: 0x380104
Device Class (Major): 0x01
Device Class (Minor): 0x01
Service Class: 0x1C0
Auto Seek Keyboard: Off



Here's how you tell

• LMP 9 = Bluetooth 5.0
• HCI (Host Controller Interface) 9 = Bluetooth Core Specification 5.0

If yours is not similar, that's when to ask to Apple, What gives?

 

[BeatCrazy]

What do you mean by What gives? Apparently, something you read on the internet—or your understanding of it—is wrong.

From mine:

Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 6.0.12f1
Hardware, Features, and Settings:
Name: Mac-c42c032e797e (3)
Address: 8C-85-90-B7-05-74
Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes
Handoff Supported: Yes
Instant Hot Spot Supported: Yes
Manufacturer: Broadcom
Transport: UART
Chipset: 4364B0
Firmware Version: v66 c4392
Bluetooth Power: On
Discoverable: Off
Connectable: Yes
Auto Seek Pointing: Off
Remote wake: On
Vendor ID: 0x05AC
Product ID: 0x007B
HCI Version: 5.0 (0x9)
HCI Revision: 0x1128
LMP Version: (0x9)
LMP Subversion: 0x1042
Device Type (Major): Computer
Device Type (Complete): Mac Desktop
Composite Class Of Device: 0x380104
Device Class (Major): 0x01
Device Class (Minor): 0x01
Service Class: 0x1C0
Auto Seek Keyboard: Off



Here's how you tell

• LMP 9 = Bluetooth 5.0
• HCI (Host Controller Interface) 9 = Bluetooth Core Specification 5.0

If yours is not similar, that's when to ask to Apple, What gives?

Cool. All original third-party announcement material and reviews made reference to 4.2.

I’m not at home this weekend to check mine, but will post on Monday. I got mine in Jan ‘18.

Appreciate the info about HCI/LMP.

 

[mikehalloran]

Cool. All original third-party announcement material and reviews made reference to 4.2.

Gotta love the armchair experts who quote something they've read as gospel without actually looking at the shipping product.

No doubt it may have been part of the early marketing blurbs or people assumed since, per the 2017 iMac specs: Bluetooth 4.2 wireless technology

 

[BeatCrazy]

What do you mean by What gives? Apparently, something you read on the internet—or your understanding of it—is wrong.

From mine:

Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 6.0.12f1
Hardware, Features, and Settings:
Name: Mac-c42c032e797e (3)
Address: 8C-85-90-B7-05-74
Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes
Handoff Supported: Yes
Instant Hot Spot Supported: Yes
Manufacturer: Broadcom
Transport: UART
Chipset: 4364B0
Firmware Version: v66 c4392
Bluetooth Power: On
Discoverable: Off
Connectable: Yes
Auto Seek Pointing: Off
Remote wake: On
Vendor ID: 0x05AC
Product ID: 0x007B
HCI Version: 5.0 (0x9)
HCI Revision: 0x1128
LMP Version: (0x9)
LMP Subversion: 0x1042
Device Type (Major): Computer
Device Type (Complete): Mac Desktop
Composite Class Of Device: 0x380104
Device Class (Major): 0x01
Device Class (Minor): 0x01
Service Class: 0x1C0
Auto Seek Keyboard: Off



Here's how you tell

• LMP 9 = Bluetooth 5.0
• HCI (Host Controller Interface) 9 = Bluetooth Core Specification 5.0

If yours is not similar, that's when to ask to Apple, What gives?

Confirmed, mine is same as your, including software - most importantly HCI/LMP.

Still funny how many searches will return 4.2 as part of the specifications for this machine. Not that Apple's website would stay incorrect, but I was starting to think maybe there was a hardware revision somewhere along the way. But since mine is an early build, it's certain all versions have 5.0.

 

[mikehalloran]

Such blurbs are written by marketing departments—often well in advance of the release. Some companies are better than others in correcting errors. Apple is one of the better and one of the worst at this. I can point to documentation regarding one product that hasn't been true since OS 10.4.