If you work with Bluetooth and Windows 10/11 and want to get the signal a little further or a little better, then read this guide to improving your Bluetooth signal.
In the era of wireless communications and connections, Bluetooth is an important technology for connecting keyboard, mouse and sound. The more often you use it the more there will be times when you wish its signal was a little better.
But in Bluetooth there is a limit to its power watts for economy in power consumption and so it operates at a maximum distance of 10 meters and even without any hassle or interference between devices. If you are within its operating limits, ie at 10 meters, or if even at less meters you do not have good communication, see some tips for extending and amplifying its signal.
1. Update your Bluetooth driver
Always update your Bluetooth drivers with the latest versions. The latest versions make it work better, since they usually affect its operation. Old times programs drivers with outdated operating mechanisms of a Bluetooth may also hinder the signal range.
2. Remove intermediate interference
For Bluetooth to perform at its best, there must be no interference between the two devices connected via Bluetooth. Bluetooth connected devices use a 2,4 GHz radio frequency. WiFi also uses the same radio frequency. Therefore, you need to be a little away from the router (if it has WiFi on) so that it does not affect it and the Bluetooth signal works better.
3. Get a long-range Bluetooth transmitter
Bluetooth after it had the proper attention from them users, its manufacturers began to improve it more and more. It started with standard 1 and is now at 5.2. Its improvement also lies in the range of its signal.
The latest Bluetooth protocol can theoretically reach 200 meters but with visual contact. Usually at 15 meters the breaks in the signal start and this also depends on the environmental conditions.
If one of the two devices uses a lower standard then the communication is of lower quality and to achieve their connection at a greater distance change it with the lower standard. There are many devices on the market with the latest Bluetooth technology for long distance transmission.
Especially the external Bluetooth adapters reach a distance that can not be traveled by its built-in Bluetooth transmitter computer you.
4. Visualize your devices
As mentioned above, eye contact plays a big role in Bluetooth. If you can, along with buying an external bluetooth adapter that is usually connected to a usb port, also buy a usb extension, so that you can place the adapter not behind a desktop computer but somewhere high up, with visual contact, then things will be very better.
After all, a usb extension cable costs almost nothing.
Informative…
Why is the Bluetooth range so small?
Bluetooth started and remains as a technology for low speed packet exchange over a short distance. The profit; Low consumption energys so that it enters and works continuously in small devices that have a small capacity battery, such as for example your wireless headphones, hands free, etc.
So the power of Bluetooth is much lower than wiFi, but also its power consumption, although both use the same frequency of 2,4 GHz. With all these limitations, the operating distance of Bluetooth is quite small.
How many devices can connect up to one Bluetooth?
The number of devices that can be connected to a Bluetooth varies depending on the version. The latest Bluetooth versions 4.1 and 5 can allow you to connect up to 7 different devices. But it can only use one device at a time.
