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Bluetooth

HOW IT WORKS

YOU WILL LEARN

How Bluetooth works, and its strengths and weaknesses

LIKE MOST TECHNOLOGIES, BLUETOOTH CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ALL THE TIME

SOME TECHNOLOGIES ARE so widespread, and used by so many devices, that we almost take them for granted. Bluetooth is one of them, used every day by billions of people to control devices such as keyboards and mice, headphones, speakers, and other smart devices. It’s estimated that more than five billion Bluetooth devices will be sold this year alone, rising to seven billion in 2026, with more than 1.5 billion of these being audio devices.

This everyday technology is really just a type of radio signal,

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