DATA SPEEDS ARE MUCH SLOWER THAN A WI FI NETWORK, BUT THE USES OF THIS TECH ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT

the phone in your pocket and switches itself on, while 10 metres away the kettle has clocked that you’re home and started to boil. In fact, range is no longer an issue with a mesh network, because each gadget within it acts as a stepping stone to carry the signal over much longer distances.

The real benefit of using Bluetooth is that it’s standardised, so once you’ve got a network set up, anything with Bluetooth can take advantage of it, even if it’s in an office or public building.