Google confirms Android Bluetooth limitations

by Julian Prokaza
on Wed 27 Aug 2008 3 Comments

AndroidiPhone's not the only latest-generation mobile platform to be struggling with the basics. Now that copy and paste has been sorted it still has serious Bluetooth limitations - and so it seems will the first Android handsets.

Google's confirmed that the same features currently lacking from Android version 0.9 will also be missing from the final version 1.0 due for launch to consumers.

That means no Google Talk functions and only the simplest implementation of Bluetooth. It'll work with Bluetooth headsets but that's about it; no Bluetooth stereo, no contacts exchange, no modem pairing and no using wireless keyboards. Sound familiar?

No doubt it'll all be ironed out in time but once again early adopters will be the ones struggling through.

[ Android Blog]

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  • neutral

    by Fr Jore at 17:33 on 27 Aug 2008Report abuse

    It's the APIs of these technologies that won't be available to EXTERNAL developers outside Google.All the internal and basic functionality will be there from 1.0.And in less than 6 months the missing APIs will be published.

  • neutral

    by Nick Mansell at 11:03 on 28 Aug 2008Report abuse

    Point taken on Google Talk - it will be there but won't be available for use in 3rd party aps. On the Bluetooth issue the point still stands. Google don't make Bluetooth hardware and Bluetooth functionality will be extremely limited at first. As we both state, this will be resolved down the line.

  • neutral

    by bluetooth headset at 23:01 on 28 Aug 2008Report abuse

    It's amazing what Google can do. Too bad Google does not offer any more API codes. :cry: Great Post.

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