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Difference Between WiFi and Bluetooth

WiFi vs Bluetooth

Summary: Difference Between WiFi and Bluetooth is that Wi-Fi uses techniques similar to the Ethernet standard to specify how physically to configure a wireless network. Most of today’s computers and many mobile devices, such as smart phones and handheld game consoles, are Wi-Fi enabled. While Bluetooth is a standard, specifically a protocol, that defines how two Bluetooth devices use short-range radio waves to transmit data.

Difference Between WiFi and Bluetooth

WiFi

Computers and devices that have the appropriate wireless capability can communicate via radio waves with other computers or devices using Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity), which identifies any network based on the 802.11 standards. Developed by IEEE, 802.11 is a series of network standards that specifies how two wireless devices communicate over the air with each other. Wi-Fi uses techniques similar to the Ethernet standard to specify how physically to configure a wireless network. Most of today’s computers and many mobile devices, such as smart phones and handheld game consoles, are Wi-Fi enabled.

One popular use of the Wi-Fi standard is in hotspots that offer mobile user’s the ability to connect to the Internet with their Wi-Fi enabled wireless computers and devices. Many homes and small businesses also use Wi-Fi to network computers and devices together wirelessly.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a standard, specifically a protocol, that defines how two Bluetooth devices use short-range radio waves to transmit data. To communicate with each other, Bluetooth devices often must be within about 10 meters (about 33 feet) but can be extended to 100 meters with additional equipment. Examples of Bluetooth devices can include desktop computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, smart phones, headsets, microphones, digital cameras, GPS receivers, and printers.

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