List of Bluetooth profiles

The profiles provide standards that manufacturers follow to allow devices to use Bluetooth in the intended manner.

For example, music can be streamed from a mobile phone, laptop, or desktop to a wireless headset, hearing aid/cochlear implant streamer, or car audio; voice can be streamed from a microphone device to a recorder on a mobile phone or computer.

These systems often also implement Headset (HSP) or Hands-Free (HFP) profiles for telephone calls, which may be used separately.

Each A2DP service, of possibly many, is designed to uni-directionally transfer an audio stream in up to 2 channel stereo, either to or from the Bluetooth host.

Some Bluetooth stacks enforce the SCMS-T digital rights management (DRM) scheme.

In these cases, it is impossible to connect certain A2DP headphones for high quality audio, while some vendors disable the A2DP functionality altogether to avoid devices rejecting A2DP sink.

This profile is designed to provide a standard interface to control TVs, Hi-Fi equipment, etc.

It may be broken down into smaller pieces: This allows devices to send text, e-mails, vCards, or other items to printers based on print jobs.

This makes it more suitable for embedded devices such as mobile phones and digital cameras which cannot easily be updated with drivers dependent upon printer vendors.

A few examples illustrating possible uses of this information are listed below: This profile provides a standard to access the Internet and other dial-up services over Bluetooth.

These include the AT command set specified in European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) 07.07, and Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).

The terminal implements the usage of the modem and PPP protocol to establish the network connection.

In standard phones, the gateway PPP functionality is usually implemented by the access point of the Telco provider.

Provides profile discovery and description services for Bluetooth Low Energy protocol.

This makes this profile less useful for embedded devices such as digital cameras and palmtops, as updating drivers can be problematic.

Version 1.7 adds indicator support to report such things as headset battery level.

Several Nissan models (Versa, X-Trail) include a built-in Bluetooth for the Technology option.

Bluetooth HID is a lightweight wrapper of the human interface device protocol defined for USB.

This is the most commonly used profile, providing support for the popular Bluetooth headsets to be used with mobile phones and gaming consoles.

It relies on SCO audio encoded in 64 kbit/s CVSD or PCM and a subset of AT commands from GSM 07.07 for minimal controls including the ability to ring, answer a call, hang up and adjust the volume.

It supports data encryption, message authentication and is meant for building efficient smart lighting systems and IoT networks.

[23] Bluetooth MAP is used by Ford in select SYNC Generation 1-equipped 2011 and 2012 vehicles [24] and also by BMW with many of their iDrive systems.

The Lexus LX and GS 2013 models both also support MAP as does the Honda CRV 2012, Acura 2013 and ILX 2013.

[25] A basic profile for sending "objects" such as pictures, virtual business cards, or appointment details.

By using these API the OPP layer will reside over OBEX and hence follow the specifications of the Bluetooth stack.

It emulates a serial cable to provide a simple substitute for existing RS-232, including the familiar control signals.

SDAP requires that any application be able to find out what services are available on any Bluetooth enabled device it connects to.

the following cars by design can work with SIM-Access-Profile: Many manufacturers of GSM based mobile phones offer support for SAP/rSAP.

Neither Apple's iOS nor Microsoft's Windows Phone support rSAP; both use PBAP for Bluetooth cellphone-automobile integration.

However, SyncML is capable of delivering more than just basic synchronization; it is extensible, providing powerful commands to allow searching and execution.