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bluetooth 5

  1. audacioustux

    Bluetooth 5 Adapter / Dongle for iMac 27" late 2014 (big sur)

    My powerbeats neckband doesn't work properly with the integrated bluetooth in iMac 27" late 2014, so was looking for a bluetooth 5 dongle. but couldn't find any that has macOS support. If anyone could recommend one, that would be great! :)
  2. M

    iPad Bluetooth interferes with wifi

    I recently bought iPad pro M1 11" and I am feel massive internet speed drop when I use any Bluetooth device simultaneously with wifi. now as I understand that I have 2.4 GHZ single band router (does not have 5GHZ) and the problem is because iPad pro uses wifi 6 which simultaneously uses both...
  3. ReardenMetal

    Apple Watch Series 4 + Bluetooth 5

    Has anyone noticed their Series 4 is faster with any internet requests that use Bluetooth 5 (when connected to a Bluetooth 5 iPhone)? Curious if there's a noticeable speed or even range bump there with Siri requests, sending messages, etc.
  4. Hendo999

    iPhone Bluetooth 5.0 iPhone

    Did you know that you can connect your iPhone to 2 Bluetooth speaker at once. I’m not able to stream to both speaker at once. I’m on 11.1 maybe it’s possible with iOS 11.3 with AirPlay 2 feature
  5. iOSpecialist

    iPad mini iPad mini 5 specs

    Hey guys, I'm really hoping Apple will make another mini sized iPad sometime soon. I love the portability of my iPad mini 4 and it can handle most apps like a beast. What do you think the next iPad mini will be like (assuming it will be released in spring 2017)? This is not for you to tell me...
  6. OldSchoolMacGuy

    iPhone 7 gets Bluetooth 5

    The iPhone 7 will feature Bluetooth 5. The new Bluetooth 5 quadruples range, doubles speed, and increases data broadcasting capacity by 800% over Bluetooth 4.0. The iPhone 4S was the first smartphone to feature Bluetooth 4.0 and the MacBook Air and Mac mini were the first computers to get the...