[legulere]

> Bluetooth 5 continues to advance the Internet of Things (IoT) experience by enabling simple and effortless interactions across the vast range of connected devices.

What I guess is missing for Bluetooth IoT are standard profiles for IoT devices. Currently there are almost only products which speak their own protocol and need their own app. The only thing that comes a bit close to a standard is HomeKit by Apple that also works over Bluetooth, but it's closed and only Elgato managed to imlement it: http://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/07/21/whats-the...

It's kind of sad, because bluetooth seems to be the right protocol for this:

- it's supported by almost all devices (contrary to zigbee which needs a bridge)

- it's not totally broken in regards to local security like zigbee

- it keeps IoT devices in a local network where they belong in contrast to the WiFi IoT devices that form a botnet

- it takes less power than wifi