Bluetooth Progress

No, I cannot tell the details. Development of Bluetooth® specifications is governed by the confidentiality rules. So the only way to learn more is to be a Bluetooth SIG member and join the Working Groups.

As I write this, the June Members' Summit in Milan, Italy is getting to the end. The week has been really packed. And as I have been excited about the progress on many fronts since I joined the SIG in 2012 (and then started to lead the Mesh Working Group in 2015), the excitement this week has reached all time highs.

These things are complex and may seem to move slowly for casual observers "when will Bluetooth finally do X,Y,Z?", I've been super happy with the progress. To be honest, the progress is the one thing, but entirely more important is the spectrum of opportunities and the roadmap ahead.

For the last couple of years, in parallel to development of Mesh / NLC - specific features (like the HVAC Integration Profile), we have been doing a lot of ground work on new Core Specification features that are foundational building blocks for the next generation of Bluetooth Mesh Networking.

One way of tracing the developments is to look into the Core Specification to find out the features that I have been credited as the contributor. For example an important one is DBAF (or Decision-based Advertising Filtering) - what a cryptic name! But TL;DR this enables very efficient use of Extended Advertising - the Bluetooth 5 feature that really got wings in Bluetooth 6. And of course there are (and will be) more - stay tuned.

Also you may want to book your calendars for the following conferences:

That is all for this week's updates, now no to Guangzhou, China for the 2026 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE). Hope to meet some of you there!

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