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Haziq Shamshul They tried to get us in America to go to Metrics in the 70's, when I was in elementary school (I'm 45), they failed, Saturday Night Live even did a spoof of it in a Dan Akroyd skit, go imperial!
And that, however you wish to spin it, will be completely true. Since, well, it's the first time they'll have it in their iPhone, unsurprisingly. Can't wait 5 more years to enjoy the perks of existing technology! Woohoo!
Bluetooth on the iPhone is utterly crippled to just audio devices like speakers and headsets. On a normal android phone you can also use it to transfer any kind of file to almost any device, quick NFC bluetooth pairing, aptX etc.
Hey MKBHD , I love how you explain some of the hardest things and make it really simple to understand! I also love your camera skills. You take some of the best videos ever!
THE SUMMARY : a re-upload 1) 2x faster 2) 4x range 3) 8x data transfer 4) enables one to connect and use 2 auxiliary devices at the same time 5) needs a re- upload......... Ur welcome
Quick question. If your phone is Bluetooth 5 enabled, do you need to have speakers that are also Bluetooth 5 to utilize it? and if so how many B5 speakers are out on the market?
Brian Alpert like, none. no reason for companies to produce BT5 speakers until more phones are released with the capability. I predict late next year or early 2019. I'm sure Samsung will come out with their own version tho if they haven't already :)
Brian Alpert, if the phone is Bluetooth 5 enabled it will be comparable with every other Bluetooth device, I guess down to Bluetooth 2.0. But if one speaker has let's say Bluetooth 3.0 and another Bluetooth 4.2 you will definitely be able to tell that one is more delayed then the other. As older versions of Bluetooth has less speed(so to compensate they add delay)
A bit late but yeah... He explained it a bit sketchy... Samsung has two different bluetooth chips to do that and the second one is only Bluetooth 3, the most other phones with Bluetooth 5 have only one chip... And you can't have the speed and range at the same time either fast or wide...
I love how knowledgeable you are and how thoroughly you explain the most technical things in layman's terms for people who aren't really "tech nerds". Keep providing us with awesome videos!
We need simple apps that build a mesh network on top of Bluetooth 5, so that we can create, share and access the Internet from an app that people can download.
But the range sucks and routing packets for others drains battery. Maybe if it were only occasionally "store-and-forward" and well synchronized with other devices, but then latency is going to be a bitch.
For a "wireless future", what Samsung did: added Bluetooth 5.0 to enhance your wireless connection and convenience, while preserving the headphone jack *just in case* consumers don't wanna leave their fancy headphones. What Apple did: remove the headphone jack ( at least they gave a dongle for free right? Oh, Samsung gave a 99usd earphone... ok...)
The release data of Bluetooth 5.0 is on June 2016. The mass production of the iPhone 7 started in June 2016. So basically you are telling Apple to have bluetooth 5.0 even when bluetooth 5.0 is released after the development stage of the iPhone 7? Seems legit.
Rickard Shen i think both companies see things differently. Samsung want people to have a more comfortable switch. Apple is doing it in a hard way consists of forcing customers for a better future (at least in Apple's vision)
I really love the originality and quality you have put into this video! Most tech RU-vidrs would not make a video this detailed, but you did, and I love that! 10/10 would watch again.
I know,same over here,I don't even give 3 shits about wireless headphones and I don't even want to use wireless speakers,it's a waste in my eyes,just another crap to charge,I prefer the cable,so all of these features just are useless for me,maybe connecting computers,laptops,phablets and tablets and convertibles and smartwatches with them,then yeah,but the smartwatches that are okay are way too expensive,125-150$ is the best price,more then that is a waste,if I can buy a petter phone or tablet or fablet for the same price than it's a waste thanks to the price.
Great video Marques, as usual the production quality is so good that it battles me that up until a few months all of the work was done by you alone. Even with an assistant it is still impressive. As with your other video this one is easy to follow, informative and the info is presented in a way that keeps you interested throughout the whole video. Keep doing what you are doing and keep improving
This is why I make it a point to watch every video you upload, you talk about stuff few others notice! Now Bluetooth 5 is in my wishlist for when I upgrade my phone!
you've pretty much explained it but didn't mentio that if you use the high range you loose the fast data and if you use the fast data you loose tha high range. It uses 2 modes and you can't use the new fast speed over long distance...
Yep, it is a common mistake that people are making and videos like this don't help. I think Bluetooth SIG is partially responsible as that is they way they portrayed it and people like MKBHD are just repeating the hype.
Jd King not even close! Wifi AC or even N has significantly faster data rates and range than BT. BT is really meant for personal devices that don't require high throughput. Wifi is for massive computing over the air. Different reasons for each technology's existence.
Jiten gori obviously wifi have faster data transfer rates and range than bt I'm saying....with AC wifi you can get 5gz speed at the cost of range or 2.4 GHz range at the cost of speed much like by 5.0
Thank you for not sticking with the majority on focusing on getting the review out as fast as possible, but putting that aside and making an informative in-depth video on a little known and little explained feature. Keep up the good work and stay crispy 😜
A lot of this information contradicts what Android Authority published in the video "The truth about Bluetooth 5." For example the greater range is only available for CODED connections which are limited to around 100 Kbps, the new faster 2 Mbps connection has the same range (or maybe less than BLE 4.x). Also, doesn't the "8 x Data" thing only apply to the advertising packets which are used in Beacons, it isn't for audio etc. Who is right MKBHD or Android Authority?
Android Authority. much misinformation in this video. 1: faster pairing? don't think so if you're not using a BT5.0 speaker, just placebo? 2: more speed doesn't imply less latency, so I'd doesn't solve audio lagging behind video, just means higher quality audio 3: simultaneous pairing and use of 2 devices is not enabled by BT5, it was done before. Look at some creative products, they allowed 2 headphones to a single source for months, maybe a year
+Giorgio Aresu Audio lagging behind hasn't been a problem for years. More of a problem is sometimes waking headphones from battery saving leads them to drop out of sync/having a bad connection and because video and audio are in sync no matter what, both stutter.
@@id1666 Any Bluetooth solution that doesn't use a low-latency codec like aptX-LL will suffer noticeable latency. Perhaps you are less sensitive to the status quo, but it still exists.
@@MikeTrieu Not in my experience. Even the slightest off-sync is annoying and it has happened, but very rarely. Maybe bt used to have noticeable latency, but it isn't the case anymore.
Bluetooth 5.0 looks like a massive improvement over BLE 4.2 only on paper. In real world though, its about 1.5 times better than BLE4.2. Also, the distance and throughput are not stackable, you get either distance or throughput increase. For example, if the device is at, say 100 feet, throughput drops to around 100 kilobits down from 1.5-1.7 megabits when they are right next to each other. Digging around a bit more, it looks like Bluetooth 5.0 was definitely intended to help advertisers and such take advantage of the increased range with decreased bandwidth. Having said that, sending audio via bluetooth to 2 devices simultaneously is dope though. ^_^
Emerset Farquharson with wider range you can be detected and tracked from further away. BT 5 not much diff than the BT 4 upgrade except the huge distance will make it more vulnerable to attacks.
My dad got a S8 the other day, I just remembered you made this video so maybe now I can explain some other cool things about his new phone. Also, love your video work
Mkbhd I had no idea about Bluetooth 5.0. Thanks for all the effort you put into your videos, the slick animations are great for covering the new features; and just look cool as hell.
He wouldn't be getting any revenue from the prev one. RU-vid deleted it due to copyright issue. In such cases, your Ad Revenue amount is freezed and made void.
Great job man! Since you moved to this new location the reviews got more classy. Crisper and more stylish. And these explanation bits are awesome. Keep up the good work! :)
Been following you since your early days. It's crazy how much about tech and smartphones I learned from you, so much so I want to be a tech reviewers myself. Yet another amazing video man !
Awesome video! Thanks for taking the time to explain this, I didn´t really think that the upgrade from Bluetooth 4 to Bluetooth 5 was that substantial. Now I know :)
I simply love the quality and detail of your videos. You explained very well how Bluetooth 5.0 works and even provided us with a good example by using two speakers at once! Thank you Marques, keep it up :)
I Z by a fast speaker he is referring to the bandwidth, or speed at which the speaker can receive data. For example a low quality mp3 would transmit 128kbits of data per second. Whereas a CD quality song would be transmitting 1411kbits of data per second, which bluetooth speakers in the past typically couldn't send and receive data at that bandwidth or "speed". Bluetooth 5 now supports theoretical direct transfer speeds of 2Mbits per second so we should be getting closer to transmitting CD quality audio via Bluetooth. An analogy what the OP was saying however, if your phone can handle Bluetooth 5, but the speaker can't ("isn't faster"), the speaker can't receive all the lovely higher resolution audio you're trying to send it. And thus you're still stuck with poor quality bluetooth audio.
But that depends heavily on the type of encoding it goes through. Currently the A2DP protocol encodes audio to a low bitrate in order to transmit it. AptX tries to change that but are there any new protocols to take advantage of the new speed? (btw, he mentions speed and throughput as separate things, whats the difference?)
+I Z speed is latency measure, time took for data to reach other end. Throughput is the bandwidth of how much data can be transferred in a given time frame, usually in secs.
Your 'explained' video series is always appreciated. This video definitely changed my perception of bluetooth 5.0 from being a another half baked tech to a legitimate solution to my sound connectivity problems. Thanks very much!
Simply love your in-depth walkthroughs of all news tech. Especially on Bluetooth for the love of wireless speakers and blasting away from over 100ft lol crazy!! awesome vid man, can't wait for the next one :3~
Hey MKHBD , great video! love the way you visually represent and explain tech in a way we all can understand and relate to. Bluetooth 5.0 really seems like the future and everyone appreciates the longer and more reliable data coverage. Great Job ! keep it up.
dual audio has nothing to do with Bluetooth 5. Pretty much all Bluetooth speakers are built with Bluetooth classic. Therefore, they will only connect to Bluetooth classic on the S8. It does have dual mode, where you can use both Bluetooth classic and Bluetooth Low Energy (which is a power efficient version of Bluetooth mainly made for smartwatches, heart monitors, and fitness trackers, due to the fact that a lot of power doesn't get used from those devices.) but that stuff about faster speed, data, and range is untrue.
Appreciate the fact you discussed this in a video. You could have skipped like most of the others but you shared what's new in the latest version. That's awesome
So can this mean that you could connect to two different bluetooth earbuds? Like if me and my girl had two different pairs of Jaybird X3's we could listen to the same thing without sharing headphones?
Thanks for explaining the various aspects of Bluetooth 5.0 in this video. Your video editing skills and no nonsense style along with super clean staging of camera shots is unparalleled in the industry - this results in you being one of my must see RU-vid subscriptions!
^ No, it's not. The stereo mix is merely duplicated to two separate speakers with MKBHD's example. True stereo requires separation of the left and right channels -- essentially, you'd have to be able to send the left channel to one speaker, and the right channel to the other speaker.
Nice video! Love the çrispy quality and the unique content, while everyone looks at the obvious you look at the obscure! Such as the Bluetooth 5.0 on the s8! Two speaker at once!?! Crazy! Keep up the good work!
@black guy No, you don't know what you're talking about. The audio isn't routed over the BLE connection, higher speed or otherwise, at least not in Samsung's current implementation. You can test this for yourself if you have an earlier Samsung phone without BT5 and backport the dual audio feature with a custom ROM. It's purely software, not anything tied specifically to BT5. Yes, BT5 now has the bandwidth to actually carry audio, but hardly anyone today is doing it and certainly not Samsung.