Upcoming Bluetooth devices will be able to be discovered and located with greater accuracy. The Bluetooth umbrella organization SIG announced a technology called channel sounding for the Bluetooth specification 6.0 at IFA. Bluetooth SIG promises that the distance between Bluetooth devices can be measured with accuracy in the centimeter range.
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The channel is ringing This is the new name for “high accuracy distance measurement”, which Bluetooth has been testing for several years. The technology will be used in future Bluetooth devices as part of the Bluetooth 6.0 specification, the Bluetooth umbrella organization has now announced.
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The obvious area of ​​application is “find my device” solutions on iPhones or Android devices, which can track tagged items such as wallets or keys more accurately than before. In addition to Bluetooth tags designed specifically for this purpose, devices that are already equipped with Bluetooth, such as in-ear headphones, can also be located.
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But Bluetooth promises that so-called digital keys can also benefit from channel sounding. These are digital keys that open vehicle doors or safes as soon as you bring your cell phone close to them. With more accurate distance measurements, one can ensure that such mechanisms are not accidentally triggered from too great a distance.
ABI Research analyst Andrew Zignani is quoted by Bluetooth SIG with further application scenarios. “Imagine Bluetooth mice, keyboards and game controllers that can automatically switch between active and inactive states based on the distance from the laptop,” Zignani writes in a statement. “In industrial environments, Bluetooth human-machine interface (HMI) solutions can increase personnel safety by allowing use only from a safe distance.”
Bluetooth intends to announce further innovations in Bluetooth 6.0, including improvements to audio streaming, later at IFA.
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