A New Software Upgrade For Bluetooth From Broadcom

The Bluetooth for Windows (BTW) software from Broadcom just got upgraded. The Irvine, California-headquartered company has announced the release of BTW 6.4 with a host of features that are new and perform better than the predecessor versions. This software has already shipped 250 million copies since it was first launched.

The software is available with Broadcom’s proprietary chip BCM2070, besides other of its devices.

BTW 6.4 makes possible two new profiles that address two burgeoning domains: Health devices such as weight scales, blood pressure monitors, heart-rate monitors to PCs; and communication between Bluetooth-enabled devices themselves. For these domains, the 6.4 version has Health Device Profile (HDP) and Message Access Profile (MAP) respectively.

While the HDP makes it possible for patients sitting at home get their vital biomarkers checked by medical professionals from a remote location, the MAP makes it possible for users to seamlessly interact with each other on applications such as gaming. This interaction can happen across smartphones, netbooks, notebooks and PCs, or any Bluetooth-enabled device for that matter. The software deploys InConcert Maestro technology to make these ad-hoc peer-to-peer connections.

Read more about how the new upgrade in its Bluetooth software is enabling Broadcom to improve user experience, here.