Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) has announced that the next version of Bluetooth will be called as Bluetooth 5. Mark Powell, the SIG’s Executive Director has revealed that the latest version will be officially announced on June 16.
Powell further stated that going forward the future versions will not have “.” reference meaning, there will not be 5.0, 5.1 and so on. Bluetooth 5 will offer double the range and four times faster speeds for low energy (LE) transmissions. In addition, Bluetooth 5 will also provide significant new functionality for connectionless services like location-relevant information and navigation. By adding significantly more capacity to advertising transmissions, Bluetooth 5 will further propel the adoption and deployment of beacons and location-based services to users around the world.
More details about Bluetooth functionalities will be revealed at the event next week.