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What's a Bolt receiver?

resoluteteeth 2y ago
Bolt is logitech's newer wireless protocol (with devices using a dongle rather than bluetooth) that's supposed to be more secure than the older one.
- seaal 2y ago
  I think the real highlight of the Bolt receiver is being able to pair up to 6 devices with just a single receiver.
  - selcuka 2y ago
    The old unifying receiver was also able to pair up to 6 devices.
  - teekert 2y ago
    I think the real highlight is that it is not backwards compatible. So I now have an MX Keys and an MX Master 3s, both on their own dongle.
    - bayindirh 2y ago
      IIUIC, Unifying receiver used a completely different protocol, but Bolt protocol is just supercharged Bluetooth with some low latency and encryption sauces on top.
  - wodenokoto 2y ago
    Doesn't bluetooth handle many, many more devices?
    - kristjank 2y ago
      It also introduces a ton of lag, especially when more than a single device and some distance is involved (Mouse + Keyboard + Headphones makes my headphones cut out sometimes)
      - liotier 2y ago
        Bluetooth MIDI keyboard + Bluetooth headset = audio glitches. Disappointing.
  - Ghoelian 2y ago
    Sounds nice, except so far I have only one Logitech device that works with the bolt receiver, which is the MX Master 3s. I also have an MX vertical which uses the unifying receiver. Then I also have a pro x superlight, which has yet another receiver. I believe they call that one lightspeed or something. So now I have 3 separate adapters for 3 devices, all of which theoretically support pairing multiple devices (I think the lightspeed only does 3 though).
nine_k 2y ago
A type of USB wireless receiver: https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/logi-bolt-usb-receiver.956-000007.html https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/logi-bolt-usb-r...
akira2501 2y ago
Bluetooth Low Energy with some Logitech sauce added into it. Apparently encrypted and marketed for use in contexts where FIPS level security would be required.
- shim__ 2y ago
  It's bluetooth 5 with more tx power as far as I understand
  - Ghoelian 2y ago
    According to their website(1), the bolt is BLE, and the unifying receiver used a proprietary 2.4GHz radio signal. (1) https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500012483162-What-is-the-difference-between-Bolt-and-Unifying-receivers https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500012483162-Wha...

Bolt is logitech's newer wireless protocol (with devices using a dongle rather than bluetooth) that's supposed to be more secure than the older one.

seaal 2y ago
I think the real highlight of the Bolt receiver is being able to pair up to 6 devices with just a single receiver.
- selcuka 2y ago
  The old unifying receiver was also able to pair up to 6 devices.
- teekert 2y ago
  I think the real highlight is that it is not backwards compatible. So I now have an MX Keys and an MX Master 3s, both on their own dongle.
  - bayindirh 2y ago
    IIUIC, Unifying receiver used a completely different protocol, but Bolt protocol is just supercharged Bluetooth with some low latency and encryption sauces on top.
- wodenokoto 2y ago
  Doesn't bluetooth handle many, many more devices?
  - kristjank 2y ago
    It also introduces a ton of lag, especially when more than a single device and some distance is involved (Mouse + Keyboard + Headphones makes my headphones cut out sometimes)
    - liotier 2y ago
      Bluetooth MIDI keyboard + Bluetooth headset = audio glitches. Disappointing.
- Ghoelian 2y ago
  Sounds nice, except so far I have only one Logitech device that works with the bolt receiver, which is the MX Master 3s. I also have an MX vertical which uses the unifying receiver. Then I also have a pro x superlight, which has yet another receiver. I believe they call that one lightspeed or something. So now I have 3 separate adapters for 3 devices, all of which theoretically support pairing multiple devices (I think the lightspeed only does 3 though).

nine_k 2y ago

A type of USB wireless receiver: https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/logi-bolt-usb-receiver.956-000007.html https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/logi-bolt-usb-r...

akira2501 2y ago

Bluetooth Low Energy with some Logitech sauce added into it. Apparently encrypted and marketed for use in contexts where FIPS level security would be required.

shim__ 2y ago
It's bluetooth 5 with more tx power as far as I understand
- Ghoelian 2y ago
  According to their website(1), the bolt is BLE, and the unifying receiver used a proprietary 2.4GHz radio signal. (1) https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500012483162-What-is-the-difference-between-Bolt-and-Unifying-receivers https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500012483162-Wha...