A new rumor claims that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s (OTCMKTS:SSNLF) Samsung Galaxy S8 will include Bluetooth 5.
The new rumor claims that the Samsung Galaxy S8 will be among the first smartphones to include Bluetooth 5. Current rumors claim that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will officially announced the new smartphone near the end of February 2017. The device would then likely go on sale during the following month.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 announcement rumor falls in line with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s estimates of when devices will start adopting Bluetooth 5. The group claims that the first devices with Bluetooth 5 should start showing up two to six months after it announced the new standard, which was earlier this month.
If the Samsung Galaxy S8 does use Bluetooth 5, it will give it a huge advantage over other smartphones released before the new standard was announced. Bluetooth 5 supports a range four times larger than its predecessor, speeds twice as fast and broadcast message capacity that is eight times larger than before, reports GSMArena.com.
There have also been other changes made with Bluetooth 5 that would make it a great benefit for the Samsung Galaxy S8. This includes improving the standard’s compatibility with other wireless devices. This should lead to less interference and better communication with Internet of Things devices.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, which Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is a member of, is expecting great things from the Internet of Things. It currently estimates that 48 billion Internet of Things devices will be installed by 2021. It also estimates that one third of these devices will use Bluetooth technology.
