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 ...

Mesh has been making its rounds in the Wi-Fi universe, and Bluetooth 5.0 adds support for mesh networking as well. While it doesn’t sound significant, mesh will help with a lot of IoT/smart devices.

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.