On Tuesday, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the industry group that makes the Bluetooth wireless standard, announced the completion of its latest specification: Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) ...

(Bluetooth Low Energy) The low-power transmission technology introduced in Bluetooth 4. Bluetooth LE was originally the Wibree technology from Nokia, which was renamed Bluetooth Ultra Low Power (ULP) ...

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Bluetooth is a wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks. There are two important parameters of Bluetooth devices - ...

While both are wireless technologies and Wi-Fi and Class 2 Bluetooth have a similar range of about 300 feet, most Bluetooth devices are Class 3, which spans about 30 feet. Wi-Fi also supports many ...

A newer version of the Bluetooth radio protocol that is designed to be more power-efficient and more flexible. See: Bluetooth Bluetooth LE was introduced with Bluetooth 4.0. Most phones that support ...