Extend Bluetooth Range With Cassia Hub

An increasingly crucial connectivity tool, Bluetooth is oft mocked for limitations like its 30-human foot range and one-to-one device syncing.

CES 2022 Bug Art Link to the new Cassia Hub, withal, and you tin control a wireless speaker or supervise a fitness tracker from up to 1,000 feet away.

Developed by Cassia Networks founder and quondam Cisco engineer Felix Zhao, the hub connects up to 22 devices that it can communicate with equally far as three football fields away (in open space or through three interior walls).

"Nosotros developed the Cassia Hub because we noticed there wasn't a universal standard of advice betwixt the e'er-growing pile of Internet-connected devices," Zhao said in a statement.

The vase-like accessory is compatible with Bluetooth iv.0 Classic and BLE, so you can command smartphones, speakers, fitness trackers, headphones, lights, locks, and other Cyberspace of Things-based gadgets.

Cassia Hub also connects to the Web via Wi-Fi or Ethernet, and allows users to command Bluetooth devices outside of the home; just open the Cassia app on your handset or tablet to manage your home from virtually anywhere with Cyberspace access.

Expected to ship in the first quarter of the year, the $99.99 Cassia Hub is available to pre-lodge at present.

A handful of compatible accessories are likewise on sale, including multi-colored LED lights that pair with the router, and the Personal Safety Sensor that lets you apace contact emergency services or pre-determined contacts when in need.

"Bluetooth, with its open platform and universal presence, was an obvious solution but inherently limited by its capabilities," Zhao said. "We idea if we could engineer a fashion to intermission free of these limitations, Bluetooth could become a feasible contender, and thus the Cassia Hub was born."