The Bluetooth Special Interest Group happily announced the approval of the Bluetooth 4.0. The new technology will be seen in different devices including laptops and smart meters this year.Those chips which contain the standards of the Bluetooth 4.0 have undergone meticulous testing and the new technology is currently undergoing certification and licensing for people and businesses to be able to use it with certain devices and chips, as announced by the Bluetooth SIG’s executive director.

As of today, various companies who need more from technology can now use the said breakthrough. To recap things, the Bluetooth 4.0 is an upgrade to the older version of Bluetooth 3.0 which was released in 2009. The new version of Bluetooth will require less power specifications when it comes to transmitting data from one device to another. In addition, the Bluetooth 4.0 will include the capability of the Bluetooth 3.0 which is high-speed data transmission, which allows certain peripherals to go to Wi-Fi 802.11 systems and be able to transfer files and data for up to 25 megabits per second. Further announcement states that the Bluetooth 4.0 will be first introduced to gadgets that make use of coin-cell batteries, pedometers, smart meters and watches.

In addition, smartphones and notebook PCs will also introduce the technology and allow them to gather data from other gadgets, which is a great help in monitoring energy usage, health concerns and the like.There are a lot of benefits that the new Bluetooth technology could offer the people and businesses because of the fact that the Bluetooth SIG has approximately 13,000 participating companies all over the world including Nokia, Motorola, Intel, Sony Ericsson, Lenovo and Microsoft.