Media players with Bluetooth 5.0

Bluetooth v5

— devices that support Bluetooth v 5, the fifth and most advanced generation of Bluetooth. As of early 2020, most models with this feature have Bluetooth 5.0 modules, although more advanced standards can be expected in the future (they are already used in other types of electronics).

For more information about Bluetooth, see the relevant paragraph, and version 5.0 actually includes three formats of work: original Bluetooth (with functionality corresponding to version 2.1), a high-speed channel for large amounts of data (introduced in version 3.0) and Bluetooth LE, that is, "low energy ”, to exchange small information packets (first introduced in version 4.0). The main innovation of Bluetooth 5.0 is connected precisely with the LE format, two special modes have appeared for it: increasing the speed by reducing the range and increasing the range by reducing the speed. In addition, a number of improvements have been introduced regarding simultaneous work with numerous connected devices, as well as work with the components of the Internet of Things.

On the more advanced standards, Bluetooth 5.1 added the ability to pinpoint the direction a signal is coming from, while Bluetooth 5.2 added a number of security improvements, additional power optimization in LE mode, and a new audio format for synchronizing parallel playback across multiple devices.