Bluetooth 5 to be introduced on Thursday
The Bluetooth SIG will formally introduce Bluetooth 5 on Thursday, offering a significant upgrade in speed and range, and hopefully security as well.
Bluetooth 5 will have double the speed and four times the range of the current version, 4.2, which was more focused on power savings than performance. Technical improvements in Bluetooth 5 include new functionality for connectionless services, such as navigation and location-based services, and possibly set up beacons around the world to transmit information.
All of these details are spelled out in an update from Mark Powell, executive director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).
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