There’s a lot of people spruiking about Bluetooth. What is it, and what’s so great about it? The folks at Carlisle Accessories, importers of X Helmets, know all about it.
Bluetooth is a wireless protocol for allowing devices to communicate. It’s slower than wi-fi but simpler to set up, and it’s usually used for device-to-device transfers.
With just about every smartphone and GPS supporting Bluetooth it’s become the default choice for connecting up speakers, headphones and all sorts of units without cables, and that makes it ideal for riders. A Bluetooth product, like a headset or phone, contains a tiny computer chip with a Bluetooth radio and software. When two Bluetooth devices want to talk to each other, they need to ‘pair’ – they find each other and open a line of two-way communication – and form short-range networks known as piconets.