NearLink launches, 6X faster than Bluetooth, with 1/30th the latency
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Huawei has launched a breakthrough short-range wireless connection tech, aiming to combine the advantages of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Faster, more efficient and with a vastly reduced delay, it's also got more than 300 companies and institutions on board.

Compared to bluetooth :

  • 60% lower power consumption
  • Six times higher data transmission speed
  • 1/30th the latency
  • 7 dB improvement anti-interference for a more stable connection
  • Twice the coverage distance, and
  • 10 times more network connections

Notice it’s not talking of compression yet, but raw connection performance.

Due to the US Huawei ban, the tech won’t arrive to the US yet. Nor maybe ever until something is done.

https://consumer.huawei.com/za/community/details/Huawei-Nearlink-launched-new-wireless-technology-far-ahead-of-Bluetooth/topicId_276306/

  • pastermil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    354·
    1 year ago

    So basically like a compromise between wifi & bluetooth?

    The thing is, people using bluetooth is not looking for raw performance. When they more performance, they’d go with wifi. Wifi data transfer is a thing.

    Last but not least, it’s Huawei…

    Edit: Regardless of the privacy & security stuff, Huawei is known for coming up with a bunch of empty gimmicks (see: Harmony OS).

    • Tibert@compuverse.ukOPEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      Not really like that.

      Right now it’s not possible to connect a headset/headphone via wifi to a device other than some proprietary things.

      So a general competitor usable on all devices allowing more data transfer for more audio with less compression. I think it could be interesting.

      Not just because it would maybe be better. But because competition on a market is a good thing for the consumer. And push bluetooth maybe further than what it is.

      Tho if by some misunderstanding, the chip used isn’t compatible with bluetooth I’m not very sure… As brands would need to include 2 chips, which increases the cost.

    • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Very low latency would be a big deal for audio. It currently ranges from incredibly high to passable, depending on implementation.

    • sndrtj@feddit.nlEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      I would certainly love Bluetooth to be higher bandwidth, for things like high-fidelity audio.

      Currently Bluetooth pairing usually works quite well on almost all devices. Conversely, wifi-based pairing is mostly a disaster. So much that even respected brands can’t get it right.

    • PlexSheep@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Exactly. The important stuff is the stability of connection, even in a train where everyone uses it.

      • Tibert@compuverse.ukOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m not sure it’s always the only thing people want. Yes stability is needed, even more when a lot of people are using it.

        But currently headsets are heavily missing (very) high quality wireless audio and mic at the same time. Maybe this tech could push towards that.