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Bhavya Singh December 8th, 2022 10:34 PM 1 COMMENTS

Android 13 Keeps Wi-Fi on Even When Switching to Flight Mode

All smartphones come with Airplane Mode as an optional function. This function is typically applied when flying. When Airplane Mode was used in the past, Google shifted Android users from connectivity capabilities like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to switch-off mode. For quite some time, Google has enabled users to activate Bluetooth even while Airplane Mode is activated (from Android 11). The technology behemoth is currently adding this capability to Pixel phones'... Read More

Shloke Sarkar February 2nd, 2021 5:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

macOS Big Sur 11.2 Update Featuring Multiple Fixes Released

macOS, Apple's primary software OS for it's Mac lineup has been through a lot of change ever since it's announcement back in 2001. The OS, which was the key reason for users to shift from Windows is quite feature-rich, having been developed and worked upon for over 20 years. It has gone through multiple update cycles and versions from High Sienna to Mojave to Big Sur, which is the current... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj January 29th, 2019 2:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bluetooth V5.1 Announced With a New Direction Finding Feature

In a bid to improve location-based services, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is adding a new direction finding feature to the version 5.1, combining its existing object-tracking technology with radio direction to enable tracking a device to centimetre-level location accuracy. By including the new direction finding feature, Bluetooth proximity solutions could add support for device direction capability, the Bluetooth SIG wrote in a blog post on Monday. Bluetooth-enabled proximity... Read More

Zara Ali December 9th, 2016 6:26 PM 2 COMMENTS

Bluetooth 5 Is Ready for Adoption in Smartphones and Other Devices, Here’s What Has Changed

In today’s world, most of the devices like headphones and earphones (wireless), smartwatches, fitness trackers, and Internet of Things (IoT) among others hugely rely on Bluetooth for communicating with each other. While the current Bluetooth standard (i.e v4.2) handles light tasks decently, sadly, it does not have the ability to connect an entire home via IoT. However, promising to deliver reliable IoT connections, Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the... Read More

Asif Iqbal November 14th, 2015 7:50 PM 2 COMMENTS

Newer Bluetooth version might gain 4x the range and 2x the speed in 2016

Since the formation of Bluetooth SIG (Special Interests Group) in 1998, researchers have made this short-length wireless communication standard faster, more secure, and more efficient with each passing year. The last major version of Bluetooth (v 4.0) was announced in 2009, and a year later Low Energy protocol was adopted for connection with new type of accessories such as wearables. Now, the SIG has revealed that newer version of the... Read More