What version of bluetooth does my device have?

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La tecnología Bluetooth llegó hace unos años a los equipos informáticos para quedarse y convertirse en uno de los métodos de comunicación más utilizados para conectar una gran cantidad de dispositivos, ya be un ratón, un teclado, un mando de juego, conectar nuestro móvil … Según el versión de bluetooth que tenemos, our team offers us more or less benefits Communication.

One of the advantages that this communication protocol offers us is a considerable battery saving compared to traditional LED mice and those that connect to our equipment with a special receiver that does not use bluetooth technology. If we have in mind buy a new accessory that it is 100% compatible with the bluetooth version of our equipment, we must know what it is about.

Knowing the bluetooth version of our equipment will help us to know what type of device will offer us not only better performance, but also the one that will offer us a more adjusted battery consumption to our day-to-day needs. If you normally use bluetooth keyboards or mice and the battery consumption is extremely high, this data It can be useful when renewing them.

Get to know the bluetooth version of our equipment

To understand the exact version of the bluetooth chip that is managing our wireless connections, we must enter the Device Manager, an administrator that with Windows 10 is very hidden. Luckily through the keyboard shortcut Windows key + X we can open Device Manager quickly.

• Then press twice on Bluetooth and then on the name the line where the words appear Broadcom or Qualcomm, which are the main manufacturers of this type of chip.
• In the pop-up that appears, we go to the advanced alternatives, and we go to the firmware version. We have to sign the numbers that appear after LMP:
• Depending on the number that appears, we will have one or another version of bluetooth.
  • LMP 3.x - bluetooth version 2.0 + EDR
  • LMP 4.x - bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR
  • LMP 5.x - bluetooth3.0 + HS version
  • LMP 6.x - bluetooth4.0 version
  • LMP 7.x - bluetooth version 4.1
  • LMP 8.x - bluetooth4.2 version
  • LMP 9.x - bluetooth version 5.0

The most common is to look for the bluetooth version 4.x in teams that have some years. Older versions will be available on much older computers, while bluetooth 5.0 is barely available on some computers today.