"Bluetooth 5" announces on June 16, power-up 4 times the communication speed and doubles the range

ByIntel Free Press

Short-range wireless communication standards installed in various digital devices such as smart phones, PCs, speakers, keyboards and smart watches are "Bluetooth"is. Up to version 4.2 has been released at present but the latest version "Bluetooth 5"Exist and their characteristics are organizations that certify against the formulation of standards and the use of Bluetooth technologyBluetooth SIGMr. Mark Powell, an executive director at McGraw-Hill, is clear from the email sent to his colleagues.

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According to Mr. Powell, the development team of Bluetooth SIG is currently working on standardization of the latest version of Bluetooth. Mr. Powell seems to have been asked frequently "What kind of name will be the next version?" "What kind of things will be possible in the next version?" The name of the latest version is " Bluetooth 5.x "has been revealed to be.

It was July 26, 1999 that Bluetooth released the specification version 1.0 which is the first version, but the development of the short distance wireless communication standard called Bluetooth started in 1994. After that, the Bluetooth SIG released the specification version 2.0 in 2004, released specification version 3.0 on April 21, 2009, specification version 4.0 on 17th December 2009. After version 4.0, version 4.1 was announced on December 4, 2013, December 3, 2014 on 4th December, but when considering the major update from version 4.x, it is the first event in seven years since 2009 I will.

About version 4.2 announced on 3rd December 2014, it has already been posted as GIGAZINE as follows.

Finally the specification of the next "Bluetooth 4.2" obviously became faster and more secure IPv6 also supported - GIGAZINE


In version 5.x, the name change is done when there is "marketing aspect", "easy to understand for users", "remarkable technical progress".

Further, the technical evolution of Bluetooth 5 is that the communication speed is 4 times, the communication range is doubled, and besides, position related information and navigation like "ConnectionlessIt is said that it will also carry important new functions for "type service".

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The details of Bluetooth 5 which is the latest version will be revealed in the event for media to be held in London on June 16, 2016.

Additional notes: 2016/06/17 18: 28
Bluetooth SIG officially announced "Bluetooth 5" on June 17, 2016 (Japan time). Bluetooth 5 has 2 times the communication speed, 4 times the communication range and 8 times the communication capacity compared to the current Bluetooth 4.2.

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There is no influence on power saving performance due to extension of the communication speed and communication range, and it seems that the battery driving time will not be lowered from the standard so far. According to the Bluetooth SIG, there are 8.2 billion Bluetooth devices used at the time of the announcement and Bluetooth will be incorporated into one-third of IoT devices by 2020. Products with Bluetooth 5 are expected to be released in late 2016 and early 2017.