Bluetooth is a technology that most of us take for granted in everyday life, despite it delivering reliable wireless communication for billions of people across the globe. Because it's so prevalent in our favorite tech, a new Bluetooth standard being announced is pretty major news.
Indeed, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) — the team that guides the international standards and development for Bluetooth — announced Bluetooth 6.0 in September 2024, but it remains fairly rare in 2025. That's expected to change in 2026.
