Life & fun · December 11, 2016
Web Bluetooth
Web Bluetooth launched on December 11, 2016 with 92 votes, #435 of 3,449 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
In plain words
Web Bluetooth is an API specification that enables web applications to discover and communicate with Bluetooth 4 devices using the Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) standard. It allows developers to build web-based tools for interacting with wireless devices like fitness trackers, health monitors, and other Bluetooth-enabled hardware. The specification was developed by the Web Bluetooth Community Group and provides a standardized way to access Bluetooth functionality from web browsers.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
This document describes an API to discover and communicate with devices over the Bluetooth 4 wireless standard using the Generic Attribute Profile (GATT). This specification was published by the Web Bluetooth Community Group . It is not a W3C Standard nor is it on the W3C Standards Track. Please note that under the W3C Community Contributor License Agreement (CLA) there is a limited opt-out and other conditions apply. Learn more about W3C Community and Business Groups . Changes to this document may be tracked at https://github.com/WebBluetoothCG/web-bluetooth/commits/gh-pages . If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them to [email protected] ( subscribe…from webbluetoothcg.github.io
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