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What is Bluetooth and how does it work?

  • Written by Shreyas Sen, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
What is Bluetooth and how does it work?Her earbuds are connected to her tablet by radio waves.Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images

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What is Bluetooth? – Henry, age 13, Somerville, Massachusetts

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