Which consumes more power: Bluetooth or Wi-Fi?

Question

Bluetooth

In general, the question is: what will be more economical in terms of battery power consumption by laptop and smart on android: if you distribute 3G Internet to the laptop via BT or via Wi-Fi?

Answer 1

Of course Wifi consumes more.
Starting from the banal - the range is further, the speed is higher, it can already be assumed according to physics that much more energy is spent on this.

Answer 2

It depends on the protocol version, air pollution, software, exchange intensity and a bunch of factors, according to datasheets, bluetooth usually consumes less, but it’s better to install it empirically in your case, install any battery control software, and use one hour, another hour - it will be seen in your case use. In general, it is most economical to turn on the smart in the laptop for recharging and give it to those that work best.

Answer 3

The new bluetooth devices have become very economical in terms of energy consumption, on the old versions, according to personal feelings, everything was about the same.