Android Fast Pair

Android ‘Fast Pair can Allows quickly Pairing Bluetooth devices

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With android OEMs following Apple and ditching the 3.5mm earphone jack on their devices, it’s imperative that the method of pairing a Bluetooth device with an android phone is as straightforward as possible. to make that possible, Google today declared fast pair.

 

Fast pair makes uses of Bluetooth Low Energy to automatically discover nearby devices so uses Bluetooth to pair with them. during the scanning process which needs Bluetooth and location to be enabled on your device, fast pair packets will be sent to Google to assist identify near devices and automatically download their product image, name, and other important specifications.

 

Once the nearby device is successfully identified, a high priority tap to pair notification will be displayed on your device. simply tap this notification and therefore the nearby device will pair with your device over Bluetooth. And if there’s a companion app for this device, a link to download it’ll also be automatically sent to your device.

 

Google is rolling out fast pair feature to all android devices running marshmallow or higher and running Google Play Services 11.7+. The bummer here is that only a limited set of Bluetooth devices support fast pair and this protocol isn’t compatible with all the present Bluetooth devices you already own. For now, solely the component Buds, Plantronics voyager 8200 and Libratone q Adapt On-Ear support fast pair. Google is encouraging accessory manufacturers who use Bluetooth to reach out to it to add fast pair support to their devices.

 

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source:androidbeat.com

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