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• Chris Black commented  ·  May 14, 2013 5:53 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  As a new Windows Phone 8 owner I am very frustrated with it's lack of support for Bluetooth 4. Especially since my device (Nokia Lumia 920) has the necessary hardware. I sincerely hope that the 8.1 update this summer adds support for Bluewtooth 4.0.

• Anonymous commented  ·  May 2, 2013 10:40 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Why, why it is not there?

• Anonymous commented  ·  April 27, 2013 9:43 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  For me this would be a killer move. I currently have some devices using ANT+ but want to be able to implement BLE so I don't have to reply on ANT Hardware/Bridge.

• Zing Pow commented  ·  April 23, 2013 1:59 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Given the industry acceptance of BTLE this has to be added to WP8 and soon.

• Kim Vertner commented  ·  April 11, 2013 2:08 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  We have completed development of a hardware device that uses BTLE. Right now it is only supported on the iPhone (All other devices use BT). By the end of the year we expect to have close to a million devices in the field. We'd love to add our application to Windows Phone 8...but without BTLE support, our customers will have to use the iPhone or Android (if they start supporting it)

• ray combs commented  ·  March 19, 2013 4:35 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This seems like a no brainer. There are tons of new sensors and monitors and other cool companion devices out there or on their way. BLE is a winner.

• Ankur Vashi commented  ·  March 19, 2013 12:15 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  please say something... this is a feature that is currently hardware supported but not software. if you want the latest and greatest apps you need the latest and greatest tech.

• Anonymous commented  ·  March 13, 2013 2:58 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Has there been any update on this? I would love for this to come out.

• David Soušek commented  ·  January 28, 2013 10:00 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Please make WP devices Bluetooth Smart Ready.

• Anonymous commented  ·  January 24, 2013 5:41 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Please add BT4.0 LE support to the OS and SDK.

• eschumac commented  ·  January 21, 2013 6:58 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Kovi, Thanks for the comment. You are correct and I'd like to make a small edit to the original post to clarify the Android support, but I'm not sure how. Some Android phones have BLE implementations. Android its self is not supporting it. In fact there is a nice long discussion on the topic here:
  http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=33371

  I just hope that this thread doesn't get as long as that thread.

• Kövi András commented  ·  January 21, 2013 6:19 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Just to clarify, Android doesn't have BLE support, only BT. Samsung and Motorola provides partial support but it's still buggy. iOS is the only platform with more or less generic BLE support. It will be a huge improvement and advantage for WP8 to have full support!

• eschumac commented  ·  January 18, 2013 12:39 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Its a wiki and I don't know if the poster has Nokia or Microsoft inside knowledge, but its still interesting.

• Stuart Lodge commented  ·  January 18, 2013 6:08 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Excellent spot! And great news...

• eschumac commented  ·  January 18, 2013 5:57 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Introduction_to_Bluetooth_support_on_Windows_Phone_8

• Eric commented  ·  January 7, 2013 8:44 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Please, Cliff, give us input! More and more BLE is coming out every day.
  -thanks

• Bernie White commented  ·  December 30, 2012 12:53 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  We need Bluetooth 4.0 with support for Low Energy (LE) devices. Bring Windows Phone up to speed with GATT if you want innovation.

• Anonymous commented  ·  December 29, 2012 12:21 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Eric

  I don't believe you can say that you know it has got to be high on the list :( there's no visibility of the list and the hardware spec for wp8 did not include bt le :(

  personally I like the suggestion that Nokia, samsung and HTC should just release APIs for us to use...

• Eric commented  ·  December 28, 2012 11:22 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I know this has got to be high on the list. Since Portico evidently went out without it, we need to get this in the next update. Keeping users who want connection to their sports devices depend on it, and if Microsoft would give and "keep" a commitment on this, it would go a long way. Something like "MS realizes that the support of fitness and lifestyle devices is important to users. For that reason, we pledge to enable their support in March of 2013".

• Anonymous commented  ·  December 14, 2012 4:26 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This is required one.... a must for all devices as the existing andriod & iphone also has it. Big Surprise how the upcoming phones should have no support !!!!