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		cbsmith on June 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bluetooth 5 will quadruple the range, double the s... Yup. Bluetooth is kind of a nightmare for operability. I do think it could benefit from a bit more speed, in terms of opening up what it can do, but in terms of range.... if I need range, I'll use WiFi. What I need is for bluetooth to just work, dammit. I get that it is hard, but work on that before you work on anything else. Heck, I've found that using WiFi instead of bluetooth for a wireless hotspot/link is more reliable. How is that possible?

BillinghamJ on June 28, 2016 [–]

It's aimed at low power IoT devices. Wi-Fi is (relatively) very power hungry compared with Bluetooth LE.

cbsmith on June 28, 2016 | [–]

Power helps with signal quality and bandwidth maybe, but simplicity and interoperability are all but completely orthogonal concerns.

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