Soon, turning off the heat and lights before leaving your house could be as simple as turning a key in a Bluetooth-equipped lock. This scenario may be possible with the latest Bluetooth wireless ...

Bluetooth 3.0 may still be a rarity on devices, but the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) aren't letting that stop them from whipping ahead with the next spec in line. Bluetooth 4.0 has been ...

Bluetooth, the oldest short-range wireless technology, continues to be the most widely adopted in wireless products. Emerging around 1998, it has become a popular standard used in Internet of Things ...

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Most external Bluetooth pucks are transmit-only; i.e., they take audio input via cables and pass it along wirelessly. The $40 Monoprice Bluetooth 5 Long Range Transmitter and Receiver does that, but ...

The next version of the Bluetooth standard is called Bluetooth 5, and will be formally announced next week, Bluetooth Special Interest Group executive director Mark Powell has revealed. Bluetooth 5 is ...

Update: The Bluetooth SIG says that the e-mail quoted below mixed up the improvements to speed and range—Bluetooth 5 actually promises quadruple the range and twice the speed of Bluetooth 4.2, not the ...

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Expect doubled speeds and quadrupled range to arrive in wireless gadgets in 2017, but audio fixes will have to wait another year. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...