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Huawei launches Nearlink, a better than Bluetooth competitor (consumer.huawei.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Compared to Bluetooth:

60% lower power consumption

Six times higher data transmission speed

1/30th the latency

7 dB improvement anti-interference for a more stable connection

Twice the coverage distance, and

10 times more network connections

US won't benefit from this tech due to the US Huawei ban.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I feel like I need some concrete proof of this since these are some insane claims, and I’m not sure “consumer Huawei” and a Huawei press statement is a trustworthy source for verifying claims about Huawei products. It’s like believing Apple’s or Google’s marketing for their phones.

If this is real however, it’s an insane game changer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bluetooth is very widespread but neither free to use nor an open standard. I can't find any real technical info on this new technology or any references to it being any more open than Bluetooth. So far this seems like another closed, proprietary technology by Huawei and "industry partners" so I honestly don't really care about it. This seems more like a move by Huawei to get away from having to pay licensing fees for Bluetooth without any benefits for users or the tech community as a whole.