Google Glass hits the FCC with Bluetooth 4 LE (which stock Android doesn't support yet)
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17 Comments
1. caseball2051 posted on 31 Jan 2013, 16:34 0 0
i hope this comes to fruition. seems like a cool piece of tech!
3. Hemlocke posted on 31 Jan 2013, 16:49 0 6
BT 4.0 LE? Amazing tech. By the time Android supports it, Apple will be on its 3rd gen BT LE handsets.
5. MichaelHeller posted on 31 Jan 2013, 17:12 3 1
Sadly, you may be right. Depending on how the release dates for the next Android update and the iPhone 5S shake out, you may be able to say that Apple had 3 BLE compatible handsets out before Android supported it.
Of course, even if Android releases first, saying that Apple had 2 BLE iPhones before Android had stock support isn't all that much better.
13. nak1017 posted on 31 Jan 2013, 21:50 0 0
I'd be upset with Android not supporting it if anything truly useful or revolutionary supported BLE, and only BLE.
At least retail companies are trying with NFC...
15. MichaelHeller posted on 01 Feb 2013, 10:02 0 0
That's just a cop out. Plenty of products support it, just because they also have compatibility for older Bluetooth profiles, doesn't mean Android doesn't need support. My headset supports BLE, but because my Nexus 7 nor Nexus 4 support it, I've still got to charge my headset every couple days.
17. nak1017 posted on 01 Feb 2013, 15:09 0 0
Which headset is it because I have so far not seen anything that says BLE supports voice communication (and I'm looking for one for work)? It might pair and maintain connection with a low energy link, but that might be the extent... all the science-y stuff is still being done by the old school battery draining "low tech" method.
Saying Apple has somehow leaped ahead of Android because it supported BLE first is a sortof misnomer since it is an iteration of existing feature and has yet to provide any new options that didn't exist before. Apple not including NFC on their phones is a bigger issue IMO. That has the capability to change daily routines, not just improve existing ones.
That being said, that doesn't excuse Google from not implementing it sooner. We would probably see better BLE product penetration if they did...
(can anyone tell I'm stuck on a tele-con call... sorry for being word-y)
16. buccob posted on 01 Feb 2013, 14:59 0 0
This is interesting and Google should include it in the next version hopefully....
But remember that iOS did not even support AVRCP until the iPhone 4 if I remember right...
So, it goes both ways... and to be honest, most of the time, support for new technologies is more often found on Android...
4. gwuhua1984 posted on 31 Jan 2013, 16:59 0 0
Vibrating element... to my head????
Um... I'm sure they could do better than that...
6. Droid_X_Doug posted on 31 Jan 2013, 17:35 0 0
Somehow, I suspect BT 4.0 LE will be part of the feature set for KLP.
7. MichaelHeller posted on 31 Jan 2013, 17:49 3 0
It's not a suspicion, as stated in the article, Android engineer Matthew Xie confirmed that BLE will be in the next version of Android.
11. InspectorGadget80 posted on 31 Jan 2013, 19:52 1 0
hey michaelHeller just curious did your crew @ PA pre-order a DEV EDITION OF GLASS? just wondering.
12. MichaelHeller posted on 31 Jan 2013, 20:04 1 0
Not as far as I know. I'd love to get my hands on a pair, though.
9. roscuthiii posted on 31 Jan 2013, 19:15 0 0
Hmm, I thought it may have been jumping the gun by calling KLP Android 5.0 (was figuring more on a decimal increase), but perhaps if they're ready to include Google Glass the 5.0 is warranted after all.
Then again, Google does like to communicate through lawn sculpture. We'll definitely know Glass is ready when they have a glass Bugdroid out front, as opposed to the recent chrome one. Or, maybe someone just needs to get a closer look at that statue...
10. InspectorGadget80 posted on 31 Jan 2013, 19:51 0 0
damn wish i pre order one but dont have 1,500$ :(
