The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) gave the green light to Bluetooth 5 which includes longer range,faster speed and larger broadcast message capacity. The latest ubiquitous wireless technology offers twice the speed i.e. 50Mbits/s, Quadruple the range i.e. 240m and 8 times broad cast capacity compared to earlier.
It boosts the location services and also betters the battery life a bit
New standards is going to support Internet Of Things ( IOT)
Data transfer will be richer and of more intelligent and This gonna redefine the way bluetooth devices transmit information.
And finally the first Bluetooth 5 devices expected to be out within the next two to six months, according to the organization.