{"id":18190,"date":"2026-01-28T15:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/?p=18190"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:03:40","slug":"bluetooth-6-0-and-6-1-what-the-new-core-specs-mean-for-iot-audio-and-wearables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/blogs\/bluetooth-6-0-et-6-1-quelles-sont-les-implications-des-nouvelles-specifications-de-base-pour-laudio-iot-et-les-objets-connectes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluetooth 6.0 et 6.1\u00a0: quelles implications les nouvelles sp\u00e9cifications de base pour l\u2019IoT, l\u2019audio et les objets connect\u00e9s\u00a0?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bluetooth 6.0 and 6.1 are the latest generations of the Bluetooth Core Specification from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). Core 6.0 was adopted in September 2024, and Core 6.1 followed in May 2025 with a new privacy and power feature plus errata. <sup><a href=\"#references\">(1)<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They build on Bluetooth 5.x rather than replacing it. Think of them as \u201cdeployment upgrades\u201d that make Bluetooth smarter at ranging, scanning, privacy, and energy use instead of chasing data rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the key features of Bluetooth 6.0 technology?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The official Bluetooth Core 6.0 feature overview from the SIG lists six headline additions: Channel Sounding, Decision-Based Advertising Filtering (DBAF), Monitoring Advertisers, ISOAL enhancement, LL Extended Feature Set, and Frame Space Update. <a href=\"#references\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#references\"><sup>(1)<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In practical terms, Bluetooth 6.0 brings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Channel Sounding for centimeter-level ranging<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Channel Sounding is the flagship feature. It lets two Bluetooth devices measure distance using phase-based ranging and round-trip timing, targeting \u201ccentimeter-level\u201d accuracy over distances up to roughly 150 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typical use cases include digital keys and secure access (cars, doors, lockers), \u201cfind my device\u201d and item trackers without needing UWB silicon, and indoor positioning for logistics, healthcare, and retail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decision-Based Advertising Filtering (DBAF)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>DBAF lets a scanner use information from the primary advertising channel to decide whether it should bother listening for related packets on secondary channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Less time wasted decoding irrelevant advertisements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Less hopping to secondary channels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More predictable behavior in beacon-heavy environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Comarch\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embedded.com\/bluetooth-6-0-and-dbaf-evolving-wireless-communication-with-smarter-filtering\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">overview<\/a> explains DBAF as a way to \u201creduce power consumption and increase performance\u201d by filtering at the controller level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monitoring Advertisers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before 6.0, an observer could filter duplicate advertisements, but then had no clean way to know when a device left or re-entered range. The usual workaround was periodic high-duty scans, which is wasteful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monitoring Advertisers adds Host Controller Interface (HCI) events that tell the host when a monitored advertiser appears or disappears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This results in fewer \u201cblind\u201d scans for devices that are already gone, faster reconnection when devices return, and better user experience for earbuds, wearables, tags, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ISOAL enhancement, LL Extended Feature Set, Frame Space Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>These three are more low-level but important. What do they mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ISOAL enhancement<\/strong> reduces latency and improves reliability for isochronous traffic, especially LE Audio and real-time applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LL Extended Feature Set<\/strong> lets devices advertise and negotiate a larger set of Link Layer capabilities for richer, future-proof connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Frame Space Update<\/strong> makes the inter-frame spacing (T_IFS) negotiable instead of fixed at 150 \u00b5s, so controllers can tune timing to hit latency or robustness targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IoT Business News has a good \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iotbusinessnews.com\/2025\/11\/27\/bluetooth-6-explained-what-the-new-standard-means-for-iot-performance-and-power\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">systems view<\/a>\u201d of how these changes translate into better spectrum usage, reliability, and scalability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does Bluetooth 6.0 improve battery life?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In our IoT projects, battery life is usually the first thing customers ask about. Bluetooth 6.0 helps in three main ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smarter scanning and less radio airtime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>DBAF and Monitoring Advertisers both cut unnecessary radio and CPU work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DBAF filters irrelevant advertising chains early at the controller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring Advertisers lets the controller send simple \u201cin range \/ out of range\u201d events instead of forcing the host to rescan repeatedly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bluetooth SIG explicitly notes that DBAF \u201cimproves scanning efficiency by reducing the time spent scanning on secondary channels for packets which might not contain PDUs that are relevant.\u201d <a href=\"#references\"><sup>(1)<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Less scanning time means less energy per discovered device. In dense environments like malls or smart factories, that difference adds up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fewer retries and more efficient coexistence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluetooth 6.0 refines scheduling and coexistence in crowded 2.4 GHz environments with Wi-Fi 6\/7, Thread, Zigbee, and proprietary links. That reduces collisions, retransmissions, and overhead for maintaining stable links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In practice, every avoided retry is energy you keep in the battery instead of spraying into the air as failed packets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More efficient audio and isochronous traffic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The ISOAL enhancement in 6.0 lowers latency and improves reliability for LE Audio streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why does that matter for power?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tighter timing and fewer glitches reduce the need for buffering and retransmissions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Devices can spend more time in low-power states between well-scheduled bursts of traffic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We have already seen silicon vendors position Bluetooth 6.0 as a way to get \u201cbetter sound at the same or lower power\u201d in earbuds and headsets, especially when combined with LE Audio and Auracast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does Bluetooth 6.1 bring on top of 6.0?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluetooth 6.1 is a smaller but important release. The Bluetooth SIG moved to a twice-per-year core update schedule, so 6.1 is intentionally incremental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This release introduces Bluetooth\u00ae Randomized RPA (resolvable private address) Updates, a feature designed to enhance privacy and power efficiency in Bluetooth devices. <a href=\"#references\"><sup>(2)<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluetooth 6.1\u2019s core idea: privacy and power through smarter address changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluetooth devices often rotate their Bluetooth address to protect user privacy. In earlier versions, these RPA changes happened at fixed intervals, often around 15 minutes. That predictability can be abused to correlate activity and track a device over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bluetooth 6.1 changes two things:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Randomized timing for RPA changes<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Default rotation is randomized within a window (for example between 8 and 15 minutes).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementations can choose custom intervals, typically from about 1 second to 1 hour.<br><br>This randomness makes correlation attacks much harder, because an attacker can no longer rely on a stable rotation schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>RPA updates handled in the controller, not the host CPU<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Bluetooth Controller takes over address update work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The host processor can stay asleep more often, and it does less bookkeeping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Offloading RPA updates to the controller reduces CPU load, which directly cuts energy use for wearables, earbuds, sensors, and medical devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From an IoT or device-maker perspective, Bluetooth 6.1 delivers stronger privacy by default, useful for healthcare wearables and location-sensitive tags. It also brings small but meaningful battery gains at scale, especially for fleets of low-power nodes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"betterdocs-faq-wrapper layout-classic icon-before betterdocs-faq-layout-2 betterdocs-faq-gngk5c0 betterdocs-shortcode\">\n\t<h2 class=\"betterdocs-faq-layout-2 betterdocs-faq-gngk5c0 betterdocs-faq-section-title\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\t<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-inner-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-title\">\n\t<h3 class=\"betterdocs-faq-title-tag\">About Bluetooth 6.0 and 6.1<\/h3><\/div>\n<ul class=\"betterdocs-faq-list\"><li><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-group\"><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post\">\n\t<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-icon-group\"><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconplus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M18 10h-4V6h-4v4H6v4h4v4h4v-4h4\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconminus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M6 10h12v4H6z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\t<p class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-name\">\n\t\tWhat is Bluetooth 6.0 in simple terms?\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-main-content\" >\n\t<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/ar\/blogs\/\u062a\u0642\u0646\u064a\u0629-\u0628\u0644\u0648\u062a\u0648\u062b-6-0-\u06486-1-\u0645\u0627-\u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a-\u062a\u0639\u0646\u064a\u0647-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u0635\u0641\u0627\/\">Bluetooth 6.0<\/a> is the latest major version of the Bluetooth Core Specification introduced in 2024. It focuses on three big areas: much more precise distance measurement, smarter and more efficient scanning, and lower latency for streaming and other time-sensitive data. The core spec is defined and maintained by the Bluetooth SIG and the official feature overview groups the new functions under Channel Sounding, Decision Based Advertising Filtering, Monitoring Advertisers, ISOAL enhancements, an extended link layer feature set, and a flexible frame interval. <\/span><a href=\"#references\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">(1)<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-group\"><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post\">\n\t<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-icon-group\"><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconplus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M18 10h-4V6h-4v4H6v4h4v4h4v-4h4\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconminus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M6 10h12v4H6z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\t<p class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-name\">\n\t\tWhat are the key new features of Bluetooth 6.0?\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-main-content\" >\n\t<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">The headline feature is Bluetooth Channel Sounding, which lets two devices measure distance with centimeter-level accuracy for things like digital keys, asset tracking or \u201cfind my\u201d style networks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/ar\/blogs\/\u062a\u0642\u0646\u064a\u0629-\u0628\u0644\u0648\u062a\u0648\u062b-6-0-\u06486-1-\u0645\u0627-\u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a-\u062a\u0639\u0646\u064a\u0647-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u0635\u0641\u0627\/\">Bluetooth 6.0<\/a> also adds Decision Based Advertising Filtering and Monitoring Advertisers, which let devices be pickier about which advertising packets they care about so they can scan less and still react quickly when a device moves in or out of range. On top of that, an enhanced ISOAL (Isochronous Adaptation Layer) and a configurable inter-frame spacing improve latency and reliability for isochronous traffic such as LE Audio and other continuous data streams. <\/span><a href=\"#references\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">(1)<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-group\"><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post\">\n\t<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-icon-group\"><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconplus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M18 10h-4V6h-4v4H6v4h4v4h4v-4h4\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconminus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M6 10h12v4H6z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\t<p class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-name\">\n\t\tHow does Bluetooth 6.0 help battery life in real devices?\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-main-content\" >\n\t<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Battery improvements come mostly from doing less pointless radio work. With Decision Based Advertising Filtering, a scanner can look at the first packet on a primary advertising channel and decide whether it is worth listening for follow-up packets, instead of always chasing every secondary packet. Monitoring Advertisers also helps the host know when a device has really gone out of range so it avoids long high duty-cycle scans for something that is no longer there. Consumer-facing overviews point out that this smarter filtering means radios are not \u201calways scanning\u201d and that this increased efficiency should extend battery life for both phones and accessories that support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/ar\/blogs\/\u062a\u0642\u0646\u064a\u0629-\u0628\u0644\u0648\u062a\u0648\u062b-6-0-\u06486-1-\u0645\u0627-\u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a-\u062a\u0639\u0646\u064a\u0647-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u0635\u0641\u0627\/\">Bluetooth 6.0<\/a>. <\/span><a href=\"#references\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">(1)<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-group\"><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post\">\n\t<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-icon-group\"><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconplus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M18 10h-4V6h-4v4H6v4h4v4h4v-4h4\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconminus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M6 10h12v4H6z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\t<p class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-name\">\n\t\tWhat does Bluetooth 6.1 add on top of Bluetooth 6.0?\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-main-content\" >\n\t<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/ar\/blogs\/\u062a\u0642\u0646\u064a\u0629-\u0628\u0644\u0648\u062a\u0648\u062b-6-0-\u06486-1-\u0645\u0627-\u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a-\u062a\u0639\u0646\u064a\u0647-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0627\u0635\u0641\u0627\/\">Bluetooth 6.1<\/a> is a smaller \u201cpoint\u201d update that mainly introduces Randomized Resolvable Private Address (RPA) Updates. Instead of changing a device\u2019s private address on a fixed timer, the controller now picks a random time within a configured range and can autonomously rotate the address. This makes long-term tracking significantly harder and also reduces wakeups on the host processor, since address management moves into the controller, which saves additional energy. In practice, you can think of 6.0 as the big feature release and 6.1 as the privacy and power-tuning layer on top. <\/span><a href=\"#references\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">(2)<\/span><\/a><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-group\"><div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post\">\n\t<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-icon-group\"><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconplus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M18 10h-4V6h-4v4H6v4h4v4h4v-4h4\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"betterdocs-faq-iconminus\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M6 10h12v4H6z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\t<p class=\"betterdocs-faq-post-name\">\n\t\tAre Bluetooth 6.0 and 6.1 backward compatible and do I need new hardware?\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"betterdocs-faq-main-content\" >\n\t<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Indeed Bluetooth 6.x gadgets are built to maintain compatibility with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/ar\/blogs\/\u062f\u0644\u064a\u0644-\u062d\u0648\u0644-\u0625\u0635\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a-\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0644\u0648\u062a\u0648\u062b-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0644\u0641\u0629-\u0645\u0646-1\/\">Bluetooth versions<\/a> meaning a 6.0 headset can still connect with a 5.x phone though it won&#8217;t utilize the new capabilities unless both devices support them. The specification has already been approved by the Bluetooth SIG. Actual implementation relies on chipset manufacturers and operating system updates. This explains why currently only a limited number of phones, watches and audio devices promote 6.0 compatibility with 6.1 trailing, behind. The Bluetooth ecosystem also now encourages manufacturers to market features instead of version numbers, so you are more likely to see phrases like \u201csupports Channel Sounding\u201d or \u201cenhanced privacy with randomized addresses\u201d than \u201cBluetooth 6.1\u201d in product copy, even if the device is actually built on that core spec.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What is Bluetooth 6.0 in simple terms?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align:justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\\\">Bluetooth 6.0 is the latest major version of the Bluetooth Core Specification introduced in 2024. 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In practice, you can think of 6.0 as the big feature release and 6.1 as the privacy and power-tuning layer on top. <\\\/span><a href=\\\"#references\\\" target=\\\"_self\\\"><span style=\\\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\\\">(2)<\\\/span><\\\/a><br>&nbsp;<\\\/p>\\n\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Are Bluetooth 6.0 and 6.1 backward compatible and do I need new hardware?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<p style=\\\"text-align:justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\\\">Indeed Bluetooth 6.x gadgets are built to maintain compatibility with Bluetooth versions meaning a 6.0 headset can still connect with a 5.x phone though it won't utilize the new capabilities unless both devices support them. The specification has already been approved by the Bluetooth SIG. Actual implementation relies on chipset manufacturers and operating system updates. This explains why currently only a limited number of phones, watches and audio devices promote 6.0 compatibility with 6.1 trailing, behind. The Bluetooth ecosystem also now encourages manufacturers to market features instead of version numbers, so you are more likely to see phrases like \\u201csupports Channel Sounding\\u201d or \\u201cenhanced privacy with randomized addresses\\u201d than \\u201cBluetooth 6.1\\u201d in product copy, even if the device is actually built on that core spec.<\\\/span><br><\\\/p>\\n\"}}]}<\/script>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"references\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p data-wp-context---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::{&quot;fontSize&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-wp-init---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::callbacks.init\" data-wp-interactive data-wp-style--font-size=\"core\/fit-text::context.fontSize\" class=\"has-fit-text\">References and further reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluetooth.com\/core-specification-6-feature-overview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluetooth Core 6.0 feature overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluetooth.com\/blog\/delivering-on-the-bi-annual-release-schedule-bluetooth-core-6-1-is-here\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluetooth blog on 6.1 release<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluetooth 6.0 et 6.1 sont les derni\u00e8res g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de la sp\u00e9cification Bluetooth Core du Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). La version Core 6.0 a \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9e en septembre 2024, suivie de la version Core 6.1 en mai 2025, qui int\u00e8gre de nouvelles fonctionnalit\u00e9s de confidentialit\u00e9 et de gestion de l&#039;\u00e9nergie, ainsi que des corrections. 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