"The Bluetooth SIG recently published Bluetooth 6.2, with key features including Shorter Connection Intervals, which enable ultra-low latency for wireless peripheral devices, and Channel Sounding Resilience for enhanced security in wireless key applications. However, many devices, especially peripherals, such as headphones, earbuds, smartwatches, and gaming mice and keyboards, don't perform as well as you'd hoped over a Bluetooth connection. The Bluetooth SIG often announces promising features, but they're not in your devices. Why? Manufacturers."
"Bluetooth is ubiquitous in our devices, but aside from wirelessly connecting us to our things, the technology feels obscure and cryptic. Also: CES 2026: 7 biggest news stories across TVs, laptops, and other weird gadgets you missed I talked with the Bluetooth team about all things Channel Sounding, Bluetooth 6.0, and Auracast, and the largest takeaway might surprise you: we're thinking about Bluetooth all wrong."
Bluetooth 6.2 is the current Bluetooth Core Specification, introducing Shorter Connection Intervals for ultra-low latency and Channel Sounding Resilience for enhanced security in wireless key applications. Many consumer peripherals such as headphones, earbuds, smartwatches, and gaming mice and keyboards often lack full performance over Bluetooth because manufacturers choose which specification features to implement. Implementing features within a Bluetooth Core Specification is a manufacturer decision even when a device contains the latest Bluetooth version. Consumers should not assume device Bluetooth version guarantees all latest features because manufacturers may omit them. Channel Sounding adoption has been slow, while Auracast adoption is gaining momentum.
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