Bluetooth: Remember us? Internet of Things before it was a Thing?

Bluetooth 5 unveiled, boosts range and coexistence, but no mesh yet

Analysis Bluetooth 5 has finally been unveiled, with headline claims of 200-metre range (quadrupling that of Bluetooth 4) and doubled bandwidth (now 2Mbps). There is a clear focus on Internet of Things devices and applications, but no sign of the proposed mesh protocol, which would do even more to improve the spec's capabilities."