Bluetooth 5 vs bluetooth 4.2

Hitesh Ramoliya
2 min readMar 26, 2018

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Bluetooth is the wireless technology used radio waves for the connections of devices. Bluetooth comes with many versions of every year which accomplishes the requirements of users of that year. But with the growing demand for IoT Bluetooth based devices, users also need some new and advance feature for Bluetooth. The new versions have changes and more support than the previous ones. Now the Bluetooth 5 has released which promises to deliver best and quality connectivity to its users. Bluetooth 5 has come with dramatically improved performance and functionality.

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The Article Compares between Bluetooth 5 vs Bluetooth 4.2 and declares comparison between Bluetooth 5 and Bluetooth 4.2 versions. It disclosure basic characteristic of Bluetooth 5 which has made it famous for IoT(Internet of Things) and Bluetooth Beacon markets. Bluetooth 5 is the latest version of Bluetooth specifications which is the successor to Bluetooth 4.2 version.

What’s new with Bluetooth 5.0?

Bluetooth 5 released early 2017, Bluetooth 5 is here and with it release everything from mobile devices to beacons technology support this new standard, developers have tried to meet the all the advanced quality of wireless world with more privacy and security. Its specification includes the low power consumption, inexpensive hardware and, small size implementations.

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Besides, the connectionless transmission was not much favored in Bluetooth 4.2 due to restricted message size of 31 bytes. With the rise of this size to 255 bytes, Bluetooth 5 discovers the place in Bluetooth compliant beacons used for advertising market by the shopping mall, parking owners, Healthcare Industry and many more.

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The Comparison Table shows how much Bluetooth 5 better from Bluetooth 4.2.

Conclusion:

Everybody wants to move with the new trends that keep coming, Bluetooth 5.0 is much better than the previous Bluetooth versions which include increased data rate, faster range, and more broadcast capacity. In this case, Bluetooth 5.0 become popular in IoT(Internet of Things), smartphones, Bluetooth beacons, and various tech devices.

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Hitesh Ramoliya

Entrepreneur | Director of Strategy, Innovation and Development