Bluetooth technology arrived a few years ago in computer equipment to stay and become one of the most used communication methods to connect a large number of devices, be it a mouse, a keyboard, a game controller, connect our smartphone ... According to the version of bluetooth that we have, 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 are connected to our equipment with a special receiver that does not use bluetooth technology. If we have in mind buy a new accessory that is 100% compatible with the bluetooth version of our equipment, we must know what it is.
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 regularly use bluetooth keyboards or mice and the battery consumption is extremely high, this data It can come in handy when it comes to renewing them.
Know the bluetooth version of our equipment
In order to know which is the exact version of the bluetooth chip that is managing our wireless connections, we must access Device Manager, an administrator that with Windows 10 is very hidden. Fortunately via the keyboard shortcut Windows key + X we can open Device Manager quickly.
- Next we press twice on Bluetooth and then on the name the line where the words appear Broadcom o Qualcomm, which are the main manufacturers of this type of chip.
- In the pop-up window that appears, we go to advanced options, and we go to firmware version. We have to sign in 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 find the version of bluetooth 4.x on teams that are a few years old. Earlier versions will be available on much older computers, while bluetooth 5.0 is currently barely available on some computers.