Bluetooth’s 2016 roadmap: Whole-home coverage, mesh networking, and faster speeds

Bluetooth is redoubling its efforts to connect the light bulbs, door locks, and thermostats of the future. While the Bluetooth protocol is best-known for connecting wireless mice and keyboards, wearable devices, and cell-phone headsets, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s 2016 roadmap is largely focused on connected homes and other applications in the Internet of Things universe. Most notably,