Turning Bluetooth Onīigger laptops have a special button dedicated for turning the Bluetooth radio on and have it all ready for sending or receiving files or picking up communication from another Bluetooth-enabled device while smaller portable type computers use the “Fn” key combined with a function key such as “F3”or any of the other function keys having the Bluetooth logo. It can also be used as a means to transmit sound or even data from one Bluetooth-enabled device to another paving the way to the creation of Bluetooth headsets and other Bluetooth-governed processes such as files transfer.Īt present, most of the latest laptops that were manufactured and even the ones dating back to as old as Windows Vista are Bluetooth-enabled and in this tutorial, we will be looking at the steps involved in adding and connecting other Bluetooth devices to your Windows 8.1 computer.
Bluetooth is a wireless technology that allows devices to communicate with each other or even transfer files across each other. If you have been using mobile devices or even laptops for quite a long time then you should have a good idea of what “Bluetooth” is, what it is capable of doing and what it is used for.
