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Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

I don't think there's anyone who has used Bluetooth that would say that it's a nice technology from a user perspective. But why is this such a bad user experience and why has it not been fixed in the 25 years it has been around? The only exception is Apple, so it is possible to get it right.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) is the organization behind Bluetooth and a lot of the problems start with the specifications they create. This group chose to define the standard by predicting the all possible types of devices that would use Bluetooth.

Viktor Nyblom
@nyblom.io

If I was a betting man, I would say that this the root cause for most of our bluetooth issues. A committee trying to predict everything for everyone. 🤔 Contrast with Apple which is an single entity building for specific devices.

Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

Exactly. The lower levels and radio technology in Bluetooth is awesome. It's an extremely robust protocol. It's the upper layers relating to applications that cause all the headache.

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Erik Hellman
@hellman.io

That is sort of what happens now with BLE. Some application level stuff is still happening, but it's around audio which makes it more valid. The rest of the stuff are low level improvements. Still years until we see a wide adoption of these improvements.