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I shouldn't really have to sell you on Bluetooth at this point. Bluetooth has already established itself as the de facto wireless connectivity standard for phones, cars, and a plethora of accessories. However, many users view Bluetooth as just the thing that lets you make calls in your car, the blinking blue light that lets you know the guy talking to himself on the sidewalk isn't crazy, yet another thing to distract you, or (for a surprising number of users) something to be completely ignored. So, I've presented below six reasons why Bluetooth in the car merits a second look.
1. Telephony (HFP) The Hands-Free Profile (HFP) that enables speakerphone calling is the part of Bluetooth that most of you are already familiar with. After a brief pairing process, your car stereo's speakers and a microphone hidden somewhere in the cabin take over the output and input of audio during calls while driving. Almost all hands-free systems include some sort of caller ID system, but the best take advantage of HFP's sister profile, the Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP), to sync with the contacts stored on your phone to display (and sometimes speak) the names of callers, browse an address book of known contacts, and gain access to logs of recently missed, received, and dialed calls.
Most new cars that support Bluetooth calling also support audio streaming with metadata display.
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