BlueZ 5.25 Supports Android Lollipop Features

Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 9 November 2014 at 04:16 PM EST. 3 Comments
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The latest release of BlueZ, the Linux Bluetooth stack, is now available and adds support for a number of new features.

BlueZ 5.25 is the new release done this Sunday by Marcel Holtmann. BlueZ 5.25 supports new features of the new Android 5.0 Lollipop, supports the controller-mode configuration option, adds support for PBAP speed-dial and favorite folders / identifier filters, adds MAP local time and timezone offset, and fixes a number of existing issues.

Details on the BlueZ 5.25 release can be found via the brief change-log found with the Git tag.
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