The Bluetooth SIG has announced good news. Bluetooth 5.0 is now available.
Founded in the late 90s by Ericsson, Intel, IBM, Nokia and Toshiba, the Bluetooth SIG is responsible for the standard of the same name. Its tasks also not confined to evolve and is also responsible for granting licenses to manufacturers wishing to exploit the technology.
The consortium met earlier in the week to discuss again the next version of the standard, Bluetooth 5.0, and to detail the different lines of development envisaged by its engineers.
Bluetooth 5.0: increased range and better signal quality
For this new iteration, they have chosen to focus on the scope of the standard, a range advertised as being four times that of Bluetooth 4.2 LE.
This however is not the most impressive figure because Bluetooth SIG also announced two times higher flow rates. To achieve this feat, engineers responsible for its development have sought to optimize the use of the 2.4 GHz radio band.
They are obviously achieved their aim, as announced theoretical speeds reach the 2 Mbps.
In parallel, the organization has also asked its engineers to work on the reduction of interference to improve the connection of our connected devices.
A choice rather understandable elsewhere. According to analysts ABI Research, the number of connected objects should actually reach 48 billion in 2021. Including a third party who will use the standard. It is therefore imperative to make it more stable and especially more efficient in order to cope with this influx of communicating objects.
According to the consortium, the first products to utilize this new standard are expected to hit the market next year, between the end of the first half and early second. However, manufacturers may take advantage of the CES 2017 to unveil. Another latest tech that is being talked about much is the Quick Charge 4.0 , which is said to charge the device to provide 5 hours of battery life within just 5 minutes of charging.