BLE only mode

[Desiderius]

Dear Espressif team,

We are creating a product that will only use BTLE and Wifi connection, we want to be compatible with the maximun of android versions.

Because of the current implementation of the BTLE stack for the moment only BTDM mode is supported.

How ever BTMD we can only be compatible with the android API 23 (39% of user) while BTLE was implemented since API21 (71% of users)

Do you have the implementation of BTLE only on your roadmap?
Will it be compatible with the API21?
Do you have any target date for these releases?

Thank you in advance and best regards

Emmanuel Lange

[kolban]

I think you should be fine just now ... BTDM is Blue Tooth Dual Mode ... meaning that there is support for BOTH BT Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy. The ESP32 has first class support for BLE.

[Desiderius]

Hello thank you kolban for your answer,

I understand what BTMD mean but the problem is that BTMD is not compatible with the android API 23 (39% of user) while BTLE was implemented since API21 (71% of users).

So using BTMD mean we are loosing 40% of android users.

So my question is: is there a way to walkaround this problem ?
Is there any plan to support BTLE only mode?

thank you in advance for you insight

Em

[korsback]

Doesn't BTDM mean that it runs both BT and BTLE so it will cover both modes?

[ESP_igrr]

BTMD we can only be compatible with the android API 23

Can you link to a reference for this?