5/10 Aging

Bluetooth 5.0

Bluetooth
Max Speed
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Max Resolution
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Power Delivery
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Released
2016

Quadrupled BLE range and doubled speed over BT 4.2. Added broadcast extensions for location beacons. The baseline for modern true wireless earbuds.

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Capabilities

Data ✓
Video ✗
Audio ✓
Power ✗
Ethernet ✗

Future-Proof Analysis

Still the baseline for budget TWS earbuds and IoT. BT 5.3+ is better but 5.0 will be supported for years.