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How do I tell if a device is Bluetooth LE though? It still pairs in the same list as all the other Bluetooth devices and I don't see anything that identifies it
by scrollaway 7y ago
How do I tell if a device is Bluetooth LE though? It still pairs in the same list as all the other Bluetooth devices and I don't see anything that identifies it otherwise.
So it kinda sucks for LE devices to get the "bad rep" because as far as consumers are concerned, LE devices suck as well, they just don't display those same issues all the time.
- cptskippy 7y agoLE is a different spec and behaves completely different from traditional Bluetooth. People assume Bluetooth 4+ is LE but it's not. If you're pairing with a device in the traditional Bluetooth sense, it's not LE.
- ip26 7y ago... ok, so how do you know you're using LE?
- cptskippy 7y agoIt's easier to tell when you're not using BLE. :) The Tesla Model 3 uses traditional Bluetooth for phone calls and streaming but the Phone as a Key functionality is BLE. When you walk up to the car and try to open it and the car says FU then BLE isn't working. When your Xiaomi Mi Band smartwatch hasn't buzzed all day but you pull your smartphone out of your pocket and have 8 missed calls, 100 messages, and 500 emails then BLE isn't working. When you're at a Tech Conference and the Conference App uses BLE Beacons to help navigate you indoors and it can't determine your location then BLE isn't working.