How Bluetooth Pairs and Connects Your Devices
Bluetooth links your gadgets over short-range radio without wires. Here is how pairing, hopping frequencies, and low power keep them talking.
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The technology behind your devices, apps, and the internet — explained in plain English, with the trade-offs left in.
Bluetooth links your gadgets over short-range radio without wires. Here is how pairing, hopping frequencies, and low power keep them talking.
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