Bluetooth SIG Combines With Wibree

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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group combined with once rival Wibree Forum. Wibree addresses devices with very low battery capacity such as watches, heart-rate monitors and pedometers, allowing them to communicate with Bluetooth handsets. The technology was developed by Nokia six years ago.

With the Bluetooth SIG’s embrace of Wibree, the technology’s chances in the market appear much more positive, according to IMS Research. The Bluetooth SIG recognized the potential of Wibree to enhance current Bluetooth use cases around the mobile phone and PC by bringing very low power, sensor type devices into the fold. The ultra low power extension will allow watches and toys, as well as sports & wellness, healthcare and entertainment devices to be easily added to one's personal area network. This opens a new range of mobile possibilities for end users.

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