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Launched in 2009, the Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) technology set the base for the future of applications in the Internet of Things (IoT), primarily focusing on those that require minimal power consumption.

In response to growing adoption of Bluetooth mesh networking in smart home solutions, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has formed a new Smart Home Subgroup.

With major partners from the building sector, NodOn® is growing fast with two complete range of smart devices using the well-known technologies Z-Wave® and EnOcean®. This year at CES the company will talk about its innovation spirit and will present the first complete range of Bluetooth® Mesh devices for smart home.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that Bluetooth®technology, the global standard for simple, secure wireless connectivity, now supports mesh networking. The new mesh capability enables many-to-many (m:m) device communications and is optimised for creating large-scale device networks.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) reported that its next release, coming late 2016 to early 2017, will be called Bluetooth 5 and will include significantly increased range, speed, and broadcast messaging capacity.

Jetsons-style smart homes were once a pipe dream for consumers, however they are now slowly becoming a reality across the world.

The Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance, the non-profit organisation focused on changing the nature of online authentication, entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) to use Bluetooth Smart as an alternative  to using a USB dongle in Universal Second Factor (U2F) authentication.

The Weightless SIG has announced the launch of Weightless-N, a breakthrough and complementary open standard for IoT.