1998

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is formed with five companies.

The Bluetooth SIG welcomes its 400th member by the end of the year.

The name Bluetooth is officially adopted.

1999

The Bluetooth 1.0 Specification is released.

The Bluetooth SIG hosts the first UnPlugFest for member engineers.

Bluetooth technology is awarded "Best of Show Technology Award" at COMDEX.

2000

First mobile phone with Bluetooth technology.

First PC Card.

Prototype mouse and laptop demonstrated at CeBIT 2000.

Prototype USB dongle shown at COMDEX.

First chip to integrate radio frequency, baseband, microprocessor functions and Bluetooth wireless software.

First headset is shipped.

2001

First printer.

First laptop.

First hands-free car kit.

First hands-free car kit with speech recognition.

The Bluetooth SIG, Inc. is formed as a privately-held trade association.

2002

First keyboard and mouse combo.

First GPS receiver.

Bluetooth wireless qualified products now number 500.

IEEE approves the 802.15.1 specification to conform with Bluetooth wireless technology.

First digital camera.

2003

First MP3 player with Bluetooth technology.

Bluetooth Core Specification Version 1.2 adopted by the Bluetooth SIG.

Shipment of Bluetooth enabled products hits rate of 1 million per week.

First FDA-approved medical system.

2004

The SIG adopts Core Specification Version 2.0 Enhanced Data Rate (EDR).

Bluetooth technology reaches an installed base of 250 million devices.

Product-shipment rate surpasses 3 million per week.

First stereo headphones.

2005

Product shipments soar to 5 million chipsets per week.

The SIG welcomes its 4,000th member.

SIG Headquarters opens in Bellevue, WA; regional offices open in Malmo, Sweden and Hong Kong.

The SIG launches Profile Testing Suite (PTS) v1.0, a testing and qualification tool for members developed completely in-house

2006

First sunglasses.

First watch.

First picture frame.

Bluetooth wireless reaches an installed base of 1 billion devices.

Bluetooth enabled devices ship at a rate of 10 million per week.

Profile Tuning Suite (PTS) testing becomes a mandatory part of the Bluetooth product qualification process

The SIG announces it will integrate Bluetooth technology with the WiMedia Alliance version of UWB.

2007

First alarm-clock radio.

First television.

The SIG welcomes its 8,000th member.

SIGnature quarterly magazine makes its debut at the Bluetooth SIG's All Hands Meeting in Vienna, Austria.

Bluetooth SIG Executive Director Mike Foley wins the Telematics Leadership Award.

PTS Protocol Viewer is released as part of the release of PTS Version 2.1.1 along with a greatly updated user interface and report generation capabilities.

2008

2008 marks Bluetooth technology's 10 year anniversary

Nearly 2 billion Bluetooth enabled products shipped in 10 years

The SIG welcomes its 10,000th member

Bluetooth SIG Executive Director Mike Foley is named one of RCR Wireless News Mobile Movers & Shakers for 2008

Profile Tuning Suite (PTS) Version 3.0 is released, including automatic updates and further improvements to its report generation capabilities

2009

The SIG adopts Core Specification Version 3.0 HS, making Bluetooth high speed technology a reality

The SIG welcomes its 12,000th member

The SIG All Hands Meeting is held in Tokyo—the first AHM held in Asia

The SIG announces the adoption of Bluetooth low energy wireless technology, the hallmark feature in Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0.

2010

SIG membership surpasses 13,000 companies

The All Hands Meeting returns to Seattle, Wash., USA

The Bluetooth SIG headquarters moves to Kirkland, Wash., US

The Bluetooth SIG announces the formal adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0 with low energy technology

Profile Tuning Suite (PTS) v4.1 is launched, including Bluetooth low energy technology test suites

2011

SIG membership surpasses 15,000 companies

The SIG picks a 3D television for its Best of CES award winner.

The SIG adds Apple and Nordic Semiconductor to its Board of Directors

Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and X6D Limited announce they will work with the SIG to develop a new system for 3D active glasses using Bluetooth technology 

Apple releases the first two computers and mobile phone with Bluetooth v4.0 technology 

The SIG adopts the first new profile for Bluetooth v4.0 in May

More than a dozen new profiles and services for Bluetooth v4.0 are adopted later in the year, creating the infrastructure for the first Bluetooth v4.0 devices