The Samsung Galaxy 8 to be launched sometime next year will have another milestone to reach. It will be the first smartphone in history to have the latest Bluetooth 5.

The year of 2016 was not so spectacular for South Korea's Samsung as there has been a major issue that they have went through. The battery issue so the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 this year was a loss for Samsung.

According to TechTimes, the Samsung Galaxy S8 are already gearing up and the flagship is shaping up as a real powerhouse with many firsts on the record. The Galaxy S8 is expected to be the first smartphone to pack the Snapdragon 835 processor and the first to feature an optical finger scanner which is embedded into the display. Also, the latest rumor now is will be the first smartphone to run Bluetooth 5.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) just launched Bluetooth 5 which has the latest version of the core specification. The new Bluetooth 5 is expected to deliver a longer range, faster speed, and a larger broadcast message capacity. This is such an awesome feature for smartphone fans!

"Bluetooth 5, projected for release in late 2016 to early 2017, will quadruple range and double speed of low energy connections while increasing the capacity of connectionless data broadcasts by 800 percent," says the Bluetooth SIG.

Also, according to The Tech News, this Bluetooth 5 is set to enhance the interoperability and concurrency within remote areas, as Bluetooth SIG claimed.

Samsung can be recalled as a member of the Bluetooth SIG. Also, the next-generation Galaxy S8 flagship is expected to be one of the hottest and most powerful smartphones of 2017. With that being said, it just makes sense if Samsung Galaxy S8 will also be the first to adapt the Bluetooth 5 feature.

Overall, this will truly be an amazing innovation for a smartphone to be released next year. Final design may still be changed so watch out for more updates here!

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