Bluetooth 5, 5.1, 5.2 and now 5.3 standards bring better wireless range, higher speeds, bigger broadcasting capacity and more efficient Low Energy (LE) audio. Here's why you want that – and which ...

It’s just ‘Bluetooth 5’ Previous versions of Bluetooth, all the way back to 1.0, had a decimal point. You would see “Bluetooth 3.0” or “Bluetooth v4.1” listed on spec sheets.

In Bluetooth 5, the pass/fail limit has been changed for LE 2M PHY as the frequency deviation for a 2 Msamples/s modulation scheme is different. These limits double for LE 2M PHY. For LE Coded (S=8), ...

Water resistance: IP67; Battery life: 20 hours; Connection type: Bluetooth 4.2; If you’re looking to completely fill a space with 360-degree sound, the Ultimate Ears MEGABOOM 3 is the way to go ...

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 ...

In the past, Bluetooth 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 devices could not be upgraded to newer versions of the standard, but Bluetooth 4.0 devices were able to upgrade to Bluetooth 4.1 using product-specific ...

No surprises here, Bluetooth 5 will be twice as fast as Bluetooth 4.2 LE, say its developers - that means a maximum throughput of 2Mbps by our quick maths.