Bluetooth 6.1 roll out with Enhanced Privateness Assistance Higher Battery Presen to Alternative Trait

Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has recently introduced the new Bluetooth 6.1 Standard. It is designed to protect the privacy of users using devices providing support for wireless connectivity protocols. New devices with Bluetooth 6.1 support can be introduced by 2026 and can provide better power efficiency on the latest standard. Bluetooth SIG recently switched to a by-nual release schedule, which means the next version of Bluetooth would be introduced in the second half of 2025. Let’s know in detail about Bluetooth 6.1.

The latest Bluetooth 6.1 core specifications states that there are two changes in the wireless communication protocol. The first change will improve the privacy of the devices connected by using Bluetooth 6.1, while the second will improve battery life on devices dependent on wireless communication protocols.

Bluetooth 6, which came last year, was supported to change the MAC address of the device to protect users’ privacy using a resolution private address (RPA). This is done at an interval of 15 minutes, so that fraud users can identify the users by identifying the generated Redm Andress. Now to cure this problem, Bluetooth 6.1 provides support for Random RPA. Due to this, RPA is updated between 8 minutes to 15 minutes and value random is chosen. This makes it very difficult for fraud users to track other Bluetooth devices, as it becomes difficult to estimate when the address of a device will be random.

On the detail document of Bluetooth SIG, you can learn about Bluetooth 6.1 how it protects users’ privacy. Another feature has also been revealed in the document which will be available on the device with Bluetooth 6.1 support. These random RPA request will be controlled through a wireless chip (controller) on the device supporting Bluetooth connectivity instead of being dependent on the processor. Due to this, small devices like Truly Wireless Stereo (TWS) headset, fitness tracker, smartwatch and portable speakers can provide better battery life. There is still a long time to arrive new devices supported for Bluetooth 6.1.