Technology in Vehicles: The Future of Bluetooth

Bluetooth in Cars

Bluetooth is a word that just about every knows, and it has taken the technological world by swarm, enabling multi devices to communicate.  Bluetooth is a standardized short-range wireless communication technology that uses a low-power radio frequency. It has a list of benefits such as: it’s low-cost, its low energy consuming, and it’s interoperable, even if gear is made by different manufacturers. This gear may include your cell, laptop, PDA, and can involve the car stereo if the vehicle is equipped.  The transmission range between devices is about 30 ft. The Bluetooth allows one type of device, such as a headset, to communicate wirelessly with another type of device, like a car stereo. Any devices with the same Bluetooth “profile” can communicate.

A big breakthrough for Bluetooth has been to include Bluetooth-enabled stereos that can sync with your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone into vehicles. While you’re in the car, link the phone to your stereo and talk through the stereo speakers with the vehicle’s built-in microphone. You don’t even have to touch the phone. If the phone you have has Bluetooth capabilities, then this will work anywhere. For vehicles without the Bluetooth included, a hands-free car kit can be installed. With this technology you can also sync all your devices, like editing your address book, or putting a date in on the calendar, it can all be done wirelessly.  There is no special software or cables, no docking stations, or extra monthly fees.  In a world when owning so many different devices are common, Bluetooth is the answer.

The advantage of Bluetooth over WiFi is that you can be totally mobile, and walk around where you want. The possible developments with Bluetooth are endless, so who knows what we will be using it for in the coming decades.  Until then, it will become a standard feature in many vehicles, from many different automakers.