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The latest news about Bluetooth products and technology.

We gather these articles from hundreds of news sources, publications, and tech blogs. Click the links below to view a summary of each news item, with a link to the original published article.

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21-May-2013

Wired
Welcome to the Programmable World

In our houses, cars, and factories, we’re surrounded by tiny, intelligent devices that capture data about how we live and what we do. Now they are beginning to talk to one another. Soon we’ll be able to choreograph them to respond to our needs, solve our proble...

16-May-2013

GigaOM
Android is Just the Beginning

Google’s support for the Bluetooth Smart Ready platform in Android is one step forward for the radio technology’s d...

15-May-2013

Bluetooth SIG
Bluetooth® Smart Ready Support for Android

​Today at Google I/O, Google’s annual developer conference, Google announced that in the coming months, Android will include native support for Bluetooth Smart Ready and Bluetooth Smart devices.

07-May-2013

Wired
iPhone Accessory Makers Love Bluetooth

​“Bluetooth Low Energy will be the future standard because of its cost and ease of use,” said Wahoo chief marketing officer Mike Stashak. “A WiFi scale, for example, will always be more expensive because WiFi parts are expensive.”

05-May-2013

New York Times
Accessories No Longer Tethered to Apple

The Bluetooth standard for wireless connections has allowed accessory makers to build products that can work with many kinds of devices because they no longer have to worry about a physical hook.

03-May-2013

Wall Street Journal
Track Your Lost iPhone and Other Gear With These Gizmos

While similar products have been out for some time, only the latest generation, which uses a new, more energy-e...

23-Apr-2013

Network World
Bluetooth Low Energy is better much better

If you’re thinking that BTLE is just an evolution of Bluetooth, well, you could be right. But it’s really a very different animal altogether and one that could have a brilliant future ahead of it.

19-Apr-2013

Saudi Gazette
Bluetooth Connects Anything Everywhere

Last week’s Bluetooth World in Shanghai was a sold out event. Globally, the use of Bluetooth connectivity is booming. It’s been 15 years si...

16-Apr-2013

Wall Street Journal
More Than One Million Smart Watches will be Shipped in 2013

"The strong potential emergence of smart watches can be attributed to several reasons," says senior analyst Joshua Flood. "Contributing factors include the high penetration of smart...

12-Apr-2013

Sacramento Bee
Bluetooth Smart Appcessories Market to Exceed $130 Billion in 2020

​The total market value for Bluetooth Smart Appcessories – hardware devices that connect to apps on smartphones and tablets - is projected to grow to over $130 billion in 2020, according to a new report, "To Ubiquity and Beyond – Bluetooth Smart and the Growth of Appcessories" which has been published ...

10-Apr-2013

Singularityhub.com
A Million Smartphones Will Drive Biggest Heart Health Study in History

The smartphone will act as nerve center, recording and sending data taken by external sensors like a Bluetooth enabled blood pressure cuff or an AliveCor iPhone-compat...

10-Apr-2013

MobileBloom
A Smartphone That Knows When You're Going to Die

The transmission of data takes place over Bluetooth and could even warn you in case there is an existent threat of a heart attack.

10-Apr-2013

Consumer Affairs
Bluetooth Technology Used to Help Stroke Patients

Now researchers at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center are on the front lines of studying a new physical rehabilitation method that uses the same Bluetooth technology that smartphones use to help stroke survivors move their arms and legs.

09-Apr-2013

TI E2E Community
Bluetooth is for the Internet of Things

So where does Bluetooth fit? With low power modes and low cost, Bluetooth/Bluetooth low energy can connect the last 10 meters—for advanced remote controls to operate TVs and set-top-boxes, to obtain data from a basketball, pill bottle or other home electronics, portable devices, sporting and medical equipment and share that data with ...

04-Apr-2013

MobiHealthNew
Bluetooth Smart takes lead for fitness, medical

Bluetooth 4.0. or Bluetooth Smart, is emerging as the leading connectivity protocol for fitness devices, and the medical market is likely to follow soon, according to industry analysts in statements released by the Bluetooth SIG. Bluetooth SIG announce...

 
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