Re: Web Bluetooth

There won't be a web API to communicate via Bluetooth Classic in the near
future. In the longer term, we are thinking about how to allow streams of
data and BT2.1's higher data speeds, but we need to find a good security
story so that we don't expose lots of insecure devices to the web.

Jeffrey

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Evan Shang <evanshanges@gmail.com> wrote:

> I always felt that Chrome Packaged Apps were quite useful, with it being
> able to achieve things that the Chrome browser can not. Especially being
> able to communicate with bluetooth devices.
>
> With Google stepping away from Chrome Packaged Apps, will the ability to
> communicate with heavy data transferring bluetooth devices be implemented
> as well?
>
> Right now I am coding a Chrome Packaged App that connected with a device
> that sends huge amounts of data using Bluetooth 2.1. Will that still be
> possible when transferring to a web app? To me, this ability to connect
> with these kinds of bluetooth devices are extremely useful.
>
> I have seen the experimental web-bluetooth api, but right now it only
> supports BLE or Bluetooth 4.0+. I was just wondering if there will be
> solution to bluetooth 2.1 devices in the near future or if I should find a
> different approach.
>
> Thanks,
> Evan Shang
>