![]() ![]() There’s a simple answer to this, but it is highly technical. However, there does seem to be a movement towards using NFC and QR code scans to start the pairing process as well. ![]() That’s far easier than using WiFi for provisioning, which typically requires setting up a peer-to-peer WiFi connection between your phone and a device for the setup process. When you buy a new connected device for your smart home, it’s quite common to open a mobile app for the device, which then finds the new device over Bluetooth. ![]() Plus, it’s a great solution for device provisioning. Bluetooth is also nearly as ubiquitous as WiFi too: It’s in most computing devices, including smartphones, some televisions, and many audio products.Īnd the Bluetooth SIG recently shared a 2021 market update (PDF) with data on the most used smart home implementations for Bluetooth, showing that there’s plenty of room for Bluetooth in both smart lighting and smart appliances. If you have Bluetooth devices today, they’re going to continue to work for quite some time. To be clear, we don’t think Bluetooth is going away any time soon as a valuable smart home protocol. However, Bluetooth is a multi-purpose solution (think audio, small file transfers, computer peripherals, and more) while Thread is custom-built for a single purpose: smart home device to device communication. And we can understand, considering that a high level, both appear to be similar. Both Bluetooth and Thread support mesh networks so Chris is wondering if Bluetooth will be supplanted by Thread and if we think the two standards will coexist in the smart home of the future.Ĭlearly, many people are wondering about Thread as we continue to get callers asking about it as compared to other wireless protocols such as Bluetooth. On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Chris called in to our podcast hotline asking for our thoughts on Bluetooth in the smart home as compared to the new Thread protocol. ![]()
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