Will ESP32 eventually support BLE 5?

[leelive]

Subject says it all. Right now we're developing with both the ESP32 and the nRF52832 because we'll need BLE 5 in one product. It would be great if we could standardize on the ESP32 exclusively.

[kolban]

What features of BLE 5 do you see your project needing to use?

[leelive]

We need the increased advertising payload. More efficient data transfer is a plus as well, but increased adv is essential.

[madscientist_42]

What features of BLE 5 do you see your project needing to use?

Anyone using 5 is looking for the higher speeds or the long-range support. Neither of which are going to grace this device unless they've licensed the BT 5 Modem and Controller either from their supplier or someone else and planning on a new spin of these things with some way to KNOW externally that it's the 5 supporting devices. I see a next-gen chip past this one using that. It might even use a RISC-V core set instead of the Tensilicas.

Most are needing the stuff for forward-looking reasons. I'd like to have it myself- but it is what it is and we don't have it in this SoC.