Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

didier — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:58:01 GMT

Thanks!

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

3Dtj — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:30:23 GMT

And is it still true that nRF Connect Mobile still does not work on iPhones to check for Coded PHY?

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Lalit Kumawat — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:51:13 GMT

Hi,

Can anyone confirm Long range (Coded Phy) support on Samsung M51

Lalit Kumawat

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Lalit Kumawat — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:48:43 GMT

Does Samasung M51 support Coded PHy long range

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Lukáš — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:35:33 GMT

Hi, just to let you know that we created a list of tested devices. Feel free to contribute yours! 🙂

github.com/.../supported-smartphones.md

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

TMeyer — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:03:55 GMT

I was able to confirm that the Galaxy Tab S6 does include Coded PHY support.

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

TMeyer — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:13:57 GMT

Hi,

I am looking for some tablets that include support the LE Coded PHY. Did you manage to confirm if the Galaxy Tab S6 (or any others) include the BLE long range?

Thanks,

Tim

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

oscarsan — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:58:43 GMT

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S. Support long range.

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

oscarsan — Sun, 24 May 2020 11:49:55 GMT

Xiaomi MI Pad 4 Plus don't support BLE Long Range. But support PHY 2M.

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

rct42 — Mon, 04 May 2020 01:46:53 GMT

Huawei Nova 5T also supports all BLE5 features:

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Hu Lao — Fri, 01 May 2020 20:23:39 GMT

Dear Joakim,

In this thread you mentioned there is also several other devices, such as different tablets, smartwatches etc. which also supports BLE Long Range.

Please, may you confirm if the following Android tablets support BLE Long Range:

Samsung	Galaxy Tab S6
Huawei	MediaPad M6
Xiaomi	Mi Pad 4
Lenovo	Tab M8

Thanks for your feedback

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

robertv — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:57:50 GMT

Great!

Maybe there is some weirdness in the sense that devices that advertise using the BLE Coded PHY channels are not discovered and that you must advertise using standard PHY's and switch to coded PHY's afterward.

Having said that, it just worked with the Samsung Galaxy S10, but a Xiaomi Pocophone F1 claiming LR compatibility fails to detect it with Bluetooth browsing.

So I guess there is a gap between claiming compatibility and actually working.

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Joakim Jakobsen — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:45:01 GMT

Thanks for the input. There is of course a possibility that the list is wrong.

Most of the list is based on the BT SIG listing for the specific phone models.

That you are not able to discover the device on the mentioned iPhone models could be related to the fact that BLE devices are generally not discovered in the Bluetooth settings on iOS. There are some BLE services with native support but most BLE devices needs an third-party application.

I haven't done any tests with the iPhone models you mentioned, but I don't think we can rule them out just yet, either. I will try to get some tests done with some of the phones in the list in order to verify.

Br,
Joakim

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

robertv — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:58:56 GMT

But I think that the point I am trying to make here is that my experience with an actual iPhone 11 and a BLE LR device would mean that the list above is incorrect.

I am wondering on what information this list is made, just specs or actual tests?

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

robertv — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:37:55 GMT

It just that these phones are locked down. You cannot install any apps on them (store mode it's called I think)

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Joakim Jakobsen — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:35:41 GMT

Hi,

If you have trouble installing nRF Connect, I suggest that you create a new support ticket so that we can assist you.

Br,
Joakim

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

robertv — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:22:40 GMT

I have tested a device advertising at the slowest LR PHY in combination with an iPhone XS and an iPhone 11 and both did not detect the device.

After that I tested the same device with a Samsung Galaxy S10 and it was immediately detected.

The device I used was a Silicon Labs BGM13S SiP on a development board. I could only use the built-in Bluetooth device discovery in all cases as nRF Connect could not be installed on the devices (all tests done in a store)

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Joakim Jakobsen — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:46:38 GMT

Thanks. I'll add it to the list!

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

oscarsan — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 10:39:41 GMT

Also Xiaomi Mi 9 support all modes.

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Joakim Jakobsen — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:17:47 GMT

No problem.
It's fun to see that the list of supported phones are growing.

Feel free to add to the list if there are any phones (or other relevant devices) missing from the list.

Cheers,
Joakim

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Schuebbe — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:20:59 GMT

Thank you so much, Joakim!

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Joakim Jakobsen — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 11:58:22 GMT

As this thread is getting quite long, I've made a short summary with a list of phones we currently know supports BLE Long Range.

There is also several other devices, such as different tablets, smartwatches etc. which also supports BLE Long Range.

Note that the list might be incomplete and there could be several other phones supporting BLE Long Range.
Feel free to add a comment if you have information about other phones supporting the Long Range feature.

Smartphones support BLE Long Range:

Apple Iphone XS
Apple Iphone XS MAX
Apple Iphone XR
Apple Iphone 11
Apple Iphone 11 PRO
Apple Iphone 11 PRO MAX

Samsung Galaxy S10
Samsung Galaxy S10E
Samsung Galaxy S10+
Samsung Galaxy Note 10
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 PLUS
Samsung Galaxy Fold

OnePlus 6
OnePlus 7
OnePlus 7 PRO

Google Pixel 4 XL
Google Pixel 4

Huawei P30
Huawei P30 Pro
Huawei Mate 20
Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Edit:

Xiaomi Mi 9

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Br,
Joakim Jakobsen

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Joakim Jakobsen — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:46:58 GMT

As this is not related to the original post, please create a new ticket for this.

Best regards,
Joakim

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Lalit Kumawat — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:08:21 GMT

iPhone 8 Plus with nRF connect App, does not scan BLE 5 beacon it only scanning BLE 4 beacon, Pl help

RE: Is there any smartphone with supporting of Bluetooth 5 Long Range feature?

Joakim Jakobsen — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:27:35 GMT

Hi.

I can confirm that both the S10 and S10e supports Long Range.

Best regards,
Joakim