This post was originally published on this site

Bluetooth High Data Throughput will bring faster data transfers and higher quality audio than ever before, but it’s more than a software update, it needs manufacturers to adopt it in hardware.

Person holding smartphone displaying AirPods battery levels, with one AirPod in hand and the case on a wooden table.
Bluetooth HDT could improve the audio quality of future Apple AirPods

For something we all rely on for everything from external keyboards to wireless AirPods, Bluetooth can be closer to alchemy than a standard. But there is a Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) which organizes it, and which has now launched a new version that’s faster and more capable.

“As the world’s most widely used wireless standard, Bluetooth technology has continually evolved to meet the growing demands of an increasingly connected world,” Neville Meijers, CEO of the Bluetooth SIG, said in a statement to AppleInsider. “The Bluetooth SIG member community has once again risen to the challenge.”

Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums