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BlueZ 5.26 Taks Aim At Bluetooth 4.2 & Android 5.0

Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 12 December 2014 at 09:27 AM EST. Add A Comment

BlueZ, the Linux Bluetooth stack, boasts more features with today's release of version 5.26.

BlueZ 5.26 most notably adds support for Android 5.0 Bluetooth features and support for Bluetooth 4.2 commands and events. BlueZ 5.26 also supports the Low-Energy Secure Connections feature of Bluetooth, HID over GATT get and set report handling, and version 1.2 of the Phonebook Access Profile. BlueZ 5.26 also packs various fixes.

BlueZ was just tagged in Git a short time ago.

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