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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:44:34 +0300
From: Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko.news@gmail.com>
To: Kevin Wilson <wkevils@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: BlueZ and Android - question
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Hi Kevin,

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 04:16:45PM +0300, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a question:
> 
> I saw in several places on the web text which says, in some
> variations,  that "BlueZ has been removed starting from Android  4.2
> and the  Broadcom-supplied Bluetooth stack (bluedroid) has replaced
> it. It says also that the bluedroid
> stack relies on HAL-loading like most other hardware types.
> 
> On the other hand I see in the official page,
> http://www.bluez.org/
> something which I am not sure how to interpret.
> 
> 
> I want to resolve my confusion.
> So here is my question:
> In Android 4.2 and above - is the BlueZ removed ? 

Yes

> is the BlueDroid
> used instead ?

Yes

>or are they both used?

No.

Now there is a project to provide alternative for Bluetooth stack in
Android. 

Best regards 
Andrei Emeltchenko