Kirkland, Washington – January 18, 2023 – The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth® technology, today announced the appointment of Alain Michaud to the board of directors of the Bluetooth SIG. Alain, the Connectivity Area Tech Lead and Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, will begin a two-year term as an Associate Member…
Mid-Band Spectrum Expansion Project Aims to Enhance Performance of Bluetooth® Technology Kirkland, Washington – November 16, 2022 – The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth® technology, today announced a new specification development project to define the operation of Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) in additional unlicensed mid-band spectrum, including the 6 GHz frequency band….
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth® technology
New Bluetooth® capability to deliver life-changing audio experiences Kirkland, Washington – June 8, 2022 – The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth® technology, today announced a new consumer brand for an upcoming audio broadcasting capability based on Bluetooth technology. This new capability, previously known as Audio Sharing, is now Auracast™…
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Seeing Increased Member Focus on Enhanced Treatment Solutions and Smarter Healthcare Facilities Beyond the release of the public exposure notification system (ENS) and a concentration on safe return solutions, the Bluetooth® Special Interest Group (SIG) has continued to hone in on technologies dedicated to enhancing patient care and optimizing healthcare…
Market growth to resume on pace to ship more than six billion Bluetooth enabled devices annually by 2025 Kirkland, Wash., March 30, 2021 – COVID-19 and the resulting pandemic effectively shifted growth in Bluetooth® annual device shipments out by one year, with some markets, including wearables and locating systems, expected to experience substantial growth. Despite…
Organizations to specify standardized Bluetooth mesh interface for DALI lighting devices Kirkland, WA and Piscataway, NJ – May 27, 2020 – The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth® technology, and the DiiA, the global DALI alliance of companies from the lighting and sensor industries, announced today a collaboration designed to…
For World Hearing Day 2020, the European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (EHIMA) and Bluetooth SIG will present the potential of Bluetooth LE Audio for hearing aid users In line with the WHO motto “Don’t let hearing loss limit you”, applications of the new audio standard will enable a comprehensive integration for people with hearing loss…
LE Audio will enhance Bluetooth audio performance, add support for hearing aids, and introduce Audio Sharing Las Vegas, NV – January 6, 2020 – Twenty years ago, Bluetooth® cut the audio cord and created the wireless audio market. Today, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the upcoming release of LE Audio, the next generation…
KIRKLAND, Wash. – January 28, 2019 – The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced a new direction finding feature that holds the potential to significantly enhance the performance of Bluetooth location services solutions. The new feature allows devices to determine the direction of a Bluetooth signal, thereby enabling the development of Bluetooth proximity solutions that…
