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Supplement to the Bluetooth Core Specification

Supplement to the Bluetooth Core Specification

Bluetooth® Specification

Version 12

2024-08-27

This supplement contains information related to data types, common Profile and Service error codes, and enumerates the services permitted to use Security Mode 4 Level 0.

  • Version: v12

  • Version Date: 2024-08-27

  • Group Prepared by: Core Specification Working Group

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Language and Other Conventions

The conventions in [Vol 1] Part E apply to the Supplement to the Bluetooth Core Specification.

Version History

Revision

Date

Comment

v1

2011-12-27

Initial version.

v2

2012-07-24

Add Common Profile and Service Error Codes.

v3

2013-02-12

Add Advertising Interval data type.

Add Services Permitted to Use Security Mode 4 Level 0.

v4

2013-12-03

Add LE Bluetooth Device Address data type.

Add LE Role data type.

Add BR/EDR Secure Connections support.

Adopted along with Core v4.1.

v5

2014-12-02

Add LE Secure Connections support.

Adopted along with Core v4.2.

v6

2015-07-14

Add Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) data type.

v7

2016-12-06

Add Write Request Rejected Common Profile and Service Error Code.

Add LE Supported Features data type.

Add Channel Map Update Indication data type.

Add Table 1.1 that contains requirements on where the different data types can appear.

Errata integrated: 6528, 6610, 6695, 7008, 7019, 7117, 7377, 7510, 8057 Adopted along with Core v5.0.

v8

2019-01-21

Errata integrated: 8634, 8635

Issues integrated: 9540, 9988, 10280, 10910, 11020

Adopted along with Core v5.1.

v9

2019-12-31

Add BIGInfo data type.

Add Broadcast_Code data type.

Erratum integrated: 11533

Issue integrated: 11019

Adopted along with Core v5.2.

v10

2021-07-13

Errata integrated: 12064, 13416, 15039, 15064, 15498, 15583

Issues integrated: 12596, 13592, 15851, 16671

Updated terminology to remove inappropriate language.1

Adopted along with Core v5.3.

v11

2023-01-31

Errata integrated: 17332, 17430, 17888, 17926, 18737, 20357

Issues integrated: 18566, 18567, 18835, 18989, 19026, 19043, 19070, 22281, 22374, 22445

Add Encrypted Data data type.

Add Periodic Advertising with Responses.

Adopted along with Core v5.4.

v12

2024-08-27

Errata integrated: 22527, 22531, 23635, 24039

Issues integrated: 22525, 22529, 22530, 25021

Adopted along with Core v6.0.

1Certain terms that were identified as inappropriate have been replaced. As a consequence, some other terms have also been changed to retain consistency and some HCI command and event names had consequential changes. For a list of the original terms and names and their replacements, see the Appropriate Language Mapping Tables, https://www.bluetooth.com/language-mapping/Appropriate-Language-Mapping- Table.