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Although the Bluetooth 5 spec was revealed back in June 2016, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group officially ratified the specification for the wireless protocol this week.
Bluetooth 5 promises twice the speed and four times the range, and will start showing up in Internet of Things devices soon.