Bluetooth has been around for so long that we take it for granted. Those of us who were old enough to see Zimbabwe tumble in the 2000s remember Bluetooth as a file sharing standard.
These young guns won’t know just how many illegally downloaded mp3s were shared via Bluetooth. Then better faster options came about and those illegally downloaded mp3s found transport in ShareIt and its competitors.
However, since then Bluetooth speakers and headsets have only grown in popularity. Good old BT has served us quietly in the background and we haven’t even noticed that its all grown up now.
Bluetooth 6.0
This is the latest Bluetooth Core Specification. It brings a few improvements that you might appreciate.
Location-tracking
The feature that has captured the most attention comes from what they call Channel Sounding. It helps Bluetooth devices measure distance more accurately. It can improve location-tracking tools like “Find My,” making it faster to find lost items.
You may have heard about Apple using ultra-wide band technology to locate items to their exact positions. Well, Bluetooth 6.0 will provide the same kind of accurate tracking.
Two devices that support the feature will be able to better identify the distance between them, across a wide area and down to a centimeter.
So, if it’s that pesky little earbud that’s grown wings again, with Bluetooth Channel Sounding, a “Find My” app could not only tell you that the earbud is somewhere in your living room.
It could also indicate its relative distance and direction, potentially even guiding you to its exact location with greater accuracy.
The specs say this Channel Sounding should also work across long distances. Can you imagine?
Efficiency
Then there’s what they call decision-based advertising filtering. It improves efficiency by filtering out unnecessary Bluetooth signals, reducing scanning time.
Bluetooth 6.0 devices are more selective about the data they receive and process. This means less unnecessary activity, which conserves battery life.
Here are some of Bluetooth 6.0 improvements that will make a difference:
- Monitoring Advertisers: It helps devices know when other Bluetooth devices move in or out of range, improving connection reliability.
- ISOAL Enhancement: This reduces delays when sending large amounts of data, especially in time-sensitive cases like streaming or real-time communications.
- Extended Feature Set: Devices can now share more information about what Bluetooth functions they support, enhancing compatibility.
- Frame Space Update: It allows devices to adjust the time between data transmissions, improving performance based on specific needs.
You know how you can already connect two devices to the same phone using Bluetooth 5.2 (multi-stream audio)? The experience will improve with Bluetooth 6.0 because it reduces latency, increases power efficiency, and enhances audio quality.
All in all, it looks like Buletooth 6.0 is a decent upgrade. We will have to wait to see the first devices that use the new standard. Unfortunately, not all 6.0 devices will support the channel sounding that enables precise location tracking.
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Something i don’t care bout mostly but as long as the range is good then its all fine.
Now its time to upgrade to a pixel 9 . Iphone Leo u must be already enjoying this.
Nah, not enjoying this. There aren’t any Bluetooth 6.0 devices yet. Apple’s UWB is reserved for pro users. I didn’t make the cut 😂
@Leo and team can we get a new zim pixel review and some app review i seem to see to issues with some zim apps. Then pliz we need a article on shipping coz dhl screwed me over so we need new shipping article
Thanks T ccoki. We’ll try to get a Pixel to review. When it comes to apps, any particular apps you had in mind? Which ones are giving you trouble?
Thanks. Ok for apps well their alot so let me give u short summary of the ones i find troublesome. This might taka a while.
For me. I would like to know how a pager or a smartphone can be remote detonated. Essentially, turning a pager into a grenade.
Sounds like you got plans. Do share. What are you going to do with the remotely detonated grenade?
Just wanted to know the mechanics behind it, takes some serious cyber players. It happened somewhere in the middle east. 3,000 casualties of remote detonated pagers.
Since IEEE802.15 is the most adopted in terms of use, those already in the ecosystems of Apple and Samsung they have airtags and Ultra wide-band technology i believe the latter is more superior than that of Bluetooth but we will see.
Yep, UWB may be slightly better but Bluetooth 6.0 will be more accessible. We could have normal Bluetooth headphones trackable like air tags. That would be cool.
Bluetooth 6.0’s advancements, especially in location-tracking and efficiency, promise a new era of connectivity. With centimeter-accurate tracking, finding lost devices becomes easier, while improved efficiency enhances battery life and connection reliability. These features could benefit Geometry Dash players on iOS by providing smoother audio streaming and more reliable connections to Bluetooth headphones or controllers. The future of gaming, much like Bluetooth 6.0, is about enhancing user experience with precision and efficiency, creating a seamless gameplay environment.
Don’t get me started about Ghost Recon. The first game was akin to a simulator. They had good success, then turned it into a video game. For me it didn’t have the same look and feel, too much wizardry not enough military grade tactics, I quickly got bored, even though the graphics could compete with any first person shooter outhere.
The article was ok, not as informative, lacks creativity, ikuita se copy and paste, like advertisement ye latest Bluetooth, instead of insulting one country by using words like “tumble” very uncalled for, the writer should have given us a brief history of Bluetooth when was it created by who, it’s speeds , it evolution, how is it different from WiFi, but seems you are to concerned with politics you miss the objective of this site which is tech
The article seems fine as is. It’s about the latest advancement in Bluetooth, mind you. A detailed history of how Bluetooth came about would be unnecessary. We can research that ourselves.
Imagine if they gave us a history of how satellite communications evolved whenever they write their daily Starlink article. That’d be unnecessary. Same here.
tldr; article is fine
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You have personalised shrines, but you can never the spirit world. Shuwa kutuka mhondoro nemudzimu, ko kungo nyarara kwakaipei?
I would like to go to Burkina Faso though.
It just sounds so cool and fun.
I’m new here, but am I the only one who needs TechZim Dark mode on my Phone or is it just my phone?
Yeah, a dark theme would be really helpful, especially at night. I’d definitely appreciate it.
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Ever thought of writing a script for this? Tshaka ilembe typa Vibe…Iam a cinematographer maybe we could work together
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Hey Leonard, ndingakwanise sei ku-enabler built-in administrator account pa-pc kana ndakanganwa password yelaptop.
@ Leonard Sengere . is there a problem with your starlink today ? just asking as no new news here since friday 20 september ….
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By 1600, England was readying herself for a concerted drive to estab-lish colonies in the New World.
The way had been prepared by the far-sighted Queen Elizabeth and her supporters. Within England there had been growth; capital had accumulated; industry was taking root; com-mercial organization was beginning; and an individualistic, adventure-seeking type of Englishman had taken form. Outwardly, England had grown through its naval successes and had developed a keen hostility
to Spain.
Individual Englishmen, each depending on his own circum-stances, were seeking more profitable employment, personal freedom (particularly religious liberty), land ownership, personal advancement, adventure, and just plain change. A new England was in the making and
the British Empire was about to rise in the West and in the Orient as
well.
With the accession of James I to the English throne, peace was
made with Spain, a peace that was maintained although it was an uneasy. one—from time to time little more than an armed truce. Yet, because
of it, English capital came out of hiding and sought profitable invest-
ment. Business development increased and joint stock companies began to organize for overseas settlement.
Colonization was expensive, however, and required the pooled re-sources of many men. Advertising, which reached a peak early in the seventeenth century, was put to work in a manner that would do credit to the present day. Its use in commerce and government is by no means of recent date.
Spokesmen—speakers, writers, poets, pamphleteers, play-wrights, and preachers—solicited all England to take part in these new-endeavors which, in their words, gave every assurance of profitable return.
The exploits of Raleigh and Gilbert, of Martin Frobisher, Michael
Lok, John Davis, and Thomas Cavendish, of Sir Francis Drake, and Sir John Hawkins, and their kind had already made England conscious of the potentialities of the New World and of the need to seek a part of it.
Others followed these earlier leaders.