{"id":235652,"date":"2017-11-01T12:56:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T10:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=235652"},"modified":"2017-11-01T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T11:00:06","slug":"google-launches-android-fast-pair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/235652-google-launches-android-fast-pair.html","title":{"rendered":"Google launches Android Fast Pair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has unveiled\u00a0Fast Pair<\/strong><\/a> for Android.<\/p>\n

The feature lets Android users pair their device with a Bluetooth headset in a “hassle-free” manner. It works as follows, said Google:<\/p>\n

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  1. Turn on a Fast Pair-enabled device and put it in pairing mode.<\/li>\n
  2. Android scans for broadcasts in close proximity of the user’s phone and discovers a Fast Pair packet.<\/li>\n
  3. The packet is sent to our servers to get back the device’s product image, product name, and companion app.<\/li>\n
  4. The user receives a high-priority notification asking them to “Tap to pair” to the device.<\/li>\n
  5. When the user taps on the notification, we use classic Bluetooth to establish a connection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The feature is supported by\u00a0Android devices running Google Play services 11.7+,\u00a0with compatibility from Android 6.0 and up.<\/p>\n

    “You can try this out with Google Pixel Buds or Libratone’s Q Adapt On-Ear, and soon on Plantronics Voyager 8200 series wireless headsets,” said Google.<\/p>\n

    Now read:\u00a0Signal desktop app launched<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Google has unveiled\u00a0Fast Pair for Android.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":158089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[397,47028,167],"class_list":["post-235652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-android","tag-fast-pair","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235654,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235652\/revisions\/235654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}