One of the new specifications to appear on the new iPhone 8 and iPhone X is Bluetooth 5, an enhancement of the Bluetooth 4.2 Low Energy protocol. Its primary benefit enables BLE devices (such as ...

Bluetooth is one of those pieces of tech that we now take for granted. Ever since its introduction in the mid-1990s it has become an essential wireless technology, not only for smartphones but also ...

Bluetooth is used in everything from speakers to implanted pacemakers, which means that Bluetooth-related vulnerabilities can affect a dizzying array of devices. In the latest instance, a newly ...

Bluetooth Low Energy Audio is finally available in IoT devices. Dr Nick Wood, of Insight SiP, explains why it has taken more than two years from SIG revision to realisation. In early December 2020 the ...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released a Bluetooth mesh-networking specification that enables Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices to serve as large-scale networks for building ...

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Tesla’s key fob works on a 315 MHz frequency like most other electronic key fobs, but last year we reported that Tesla applied Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use the Bluetooth Low Energy ...

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 ...

Last time I talked about the internals of how Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) handles data. I mentioned that the way it is set up is meant to conserve power and also to support common BLE devices like ...

Vulnerabilities found in Bluetooth Low Energy gives hackers access to numerous devices Your email has been sent A critical flaw found in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) receivers may grant cyber criminals ...

The MLT-BT05 is a readily available, inexpensive Bluetooth 4.0 module based on the Texas Instruments CC2541 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) system-on-chip (SoC), sold by various Chinese suppliers and ...