News

06.05.2008

Release of bluez-libs-3.31 and bluez-utils-3.31

This release fixes various bugs from the plugin transition and introduces the first attempts of creating a Bluetooth helper library for GLib.

05.04.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.26

This release contains a new version of the sendto application and translation updates.

03.04.2008

Release of bluez-libs-3.30 and bluez-utils-3.30

This release fixes a regression within the D-Bus API and converts all services into plugins now.

22.03.2008

Release of bluez-libs-3.29 and bluez-utils-3.29

This release fixes an alignment issue in the SDP server and introduces the new D-Bus API. It marks the start of the preparation for the 4.x generation of BlueZ.

13.03.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.25

This release contains two additional fixes to avoid crashing of the applet.

07.03.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.24

This release contains various small fixes and another translation update.

05.03.2008

Release of bluez-libs-3.28 and bluez-utils-3.28

This release fixes some additional issues with the audio service and adds more SBC optimizations.

24.02.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.23

This release contains another translation update which 40 supported languages.

22.02.2008

Release of bluez-libs-3.27 and bluez-utils-3.27

This release updates the SBC implementation and fixes some issues with the audio service.

21.02.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.22

This release updates the OBEX handling to the version 0.3 API of obex-data-server.

12.02.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.21

This release fixes all issues with the translations and should make the life for translators easier. Three is the lucky charm :)

12.02.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.20

This is a brown-paper bag release. The previous release contains a serious bug that will make the applet and the sendto application crash during scanning phase.

12.02.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.19

This release adds support for file sharing and receiving over Bluetooth via the obex-data-server. It also includes a new Tango friendly Bluetooth icon.

11.02.2008

Release of bluez-libs-3.26 and bluez-utils-3.26

This release is actually a cleanup release and the first step towards the BlueZ 4.0 generation.

10.02.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.18

This release updates the Bluetooth applet's internal file structure to allow future extensions.

07.02.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.17

This release updates the sendto application to reflect the API changes of the first obex-data-server release.

06.02.2008

Release of bluez-gnome-0.16

This release adds more detailed support for the common device selection widget and its usage. It also enables the sendto application.

02.02.2008

Release of bluez-libs-3.25 and bluez-utils-3.25

This release updates the audio service with experimental MPEG12/MP3 support. It also updates the GStreamer plugins to make use of it.

01.02.2008

Release of bluez-hcidump-1.41

This release updates the L2CAP retransmission and flow control decoding support.

26.12.2007

Release of bluez-gnome-0.15

The second Christmas present :)

25.12.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.24 and bluez-utils-3.24

This is the usual Christmas release :)

08.12.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.23 and bluez-utils-3.23

These releases are fixing a crash in the main Bluetooth daemon and providing major enhancements for the audio service.

08.11.2007

BlueZ host stack is Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR qualified

The BlueZ host stack has been qualified as host subsystem that complies with the Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR specification. The qualification has been done according to PRD 2.0 and all information are available from the Bluetooth qualification listing page.

26.10.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.22 and bluez-utils-3.22

These releases are fixing the brown-paper-bag issue from the previous releases.

25.10.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.21 and bluez-utils-3.21

These releases fix various bugs in the audio support and provide a direct way to use GStreamer as backend.

20.10.2007

Bluetooth kernel patch 2.6.23-mh1 available

This patch updates all pending patches to the new upstream kernel. All these patches are sent for inclusion.

05.10.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.20 and bluez-utils-3.20

These releases fix various bugs in all supported services and also contain the first attempts to optimize the SBC encoder.

16.09.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.19 and bluez-utils-3.19

These releases fix some additional bugs in the audio service and its interaction with the ALSA plugin.

11.09.2007

Bluetooth kernel patch 2.6.22-mh3 available

This patch adds support for eSCO connections and improves the configuration handling of the L2CAP layer.

09.09.2007

Bluetooth kernel patch 2.6.22-mh2 available

This patch fixes some small problems with the USB driver statistics handling and the timestamp handling for compat programs.

02.09.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.18 and bluez-utils-3.18

These releases fix again various bugs in the audio and the network services. Especially the support for big endian platforms has been improved.

30.08.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.17 and bluez-utils-3.17

These releases fix various bugs in the audio and the network service. It should make them more stable now.

29.08.2007

Release of bluez-gnome-0.14

This release adds support for specific actions for various services that allows to list and modify the configured devices.

28.08.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.16 and bluez-utils-3.16

These releases add support for the usage of mono headsets as audio capture and playback devices. It also makes the connection of headsets easier through an auto-create mode of the ALSA plugin.

23.08.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.15 and bluez-utils-3.15

These releases add support for the A2DP profile to stream high quality audio over Bluetooth. It also allows to create RFCOMM based proxy services to export physical serial ports over Bluetooth.

09.08.2007

Release of bluez-hcidump-1.40

This release adds HCI and LMP decoding support for Simple Pairing.

08.08.2007

Release of bluez-libs-3.14 and bluez-utils-3.14

These releases fixes various bugs in some adapter methods and the input service. It also prepares for the upcoming Simple Pairing support.

01.08.2007

Release of bluez-gnome-0.13

This release includes now all translations from Ubuntu Rosetta and is a call for everybody to update their translation and synchronize them.

31.07.2007

Release of bluez-gnome-0.12

This release adds support for controlling the trust status and allows to disconnect devices.

30.07.2007

Release of bluez-gnome-0.11

This release adds support for controlling the paired devices and allows to delete bondings.