Bluetooth Transfer Speed Question

[bikeman25]

Hello All

 

Have a Desktop with Bluetooth 5.3 and Galaxy S25 Phone with 5.3 as well i believe, anyways when i transfer files from PC to Phone, it doesn't seem to go that fast, unless im sending too many files at once--usually 2 at a time typically

 

Am using an Antena Extension from an old Wifi 6E card from my older Desktop, to get better signal,   i still have the original antennas that was on back of Lian Li Lancool 216 ARGB Case if i should use those instead to get better signal,   i mainly use the Bluetooth portion and Internet is 2.5Gig Ethernet

 

[Sayueri]

I recommend an app called Localsend. It's available for Android, Macos and Windows. I use it to transfer large files between devices connected to the same wifi. Much faster than Bluetooth.

[bikeman25]

Ok will check that app out, and go from there

 

 

 

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

Bluetooth 5.3 transfers 2 megabits per second (aka 250 kilobytes per second) in Low Energy mode, and 50 megabits per second (aka 6.25 megabytes per second)  using a full power connection, according to Wikipedia, plus a few vendor pages I looked at as well.  Those are presumably theoretical transfer rates and don't account for protocol overhead or variances due to signal obstructions and interference from other devices in the 2.4 GHz spectrum.

As @Sayueri noted, there are apps like LocalSend which work over Wi-Fi that are (1) cross-platform; and (2) a lot faster than using Bluetooth.  I'd suggest trying something like that and see how that works for you.

 

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

 

 

[bikeman25]

Ok Thank you

 

Will check out Local Send,  also just updated via Device Manager,  change settings,  update driver and WIndows update found a newer driver for my MediaTek Wifi 6E part of Motherboard, and Bluetooth as well.        

((MSI motherboard site doesn't update the Mediatek Wifi and Bluetooth drivers that often))

 

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 27/05/2025 at 12:21, bikeman25 said:

Ok Thank you

 

Will check out Local Send,  also just updated via Device Manager,  change settings,  update driver and WIndows update found a newer driver for my MediaTek Wifi 6E part of Motherboard, and Bluetooth as well.        

((MSI motherboard site doesn't update the Mediatek Wifi and Bluetooth drivers that often))

 

Getting the drivers from MSI isn't the latest. You need to download them directly from Mediatek. They'll have the latest.

[bikeman25]

Well i can't find any to Download directly from Mediatek, believe me i looked around lol.       So was getting them from MSI motherboard support site or Windows Updates since got machine in July 2024 

 

Did search by Model of the Wireless & Bluetooth chip on Motherboard,  did find Mediatek drivers on Microsoft Catalog--latest as im gonna be i think  3/28/2025 for The Wireless Adapter, and Bluetooth 3/14/2025 with higher version number than had on MSI's support site.  

Think latest gonna be 

 

Edited May 27, 2025 by bikeman25

[sphbecker Moderator]

Bluetooth is just not meant for file transfer. As others have suggested, I'd look into a network based file transfer.

[bikeman25]

Yes will check out Network based options and go from there in this case

Thank you all for the replies!

Honestly Microsoft might have feature built in if i enabled Phone Link, and thought there was a send to phone option in the past i used with my old Galaxy S22--that possibly worked over Wifi, but not sure if it did or if it used Bluetooth as well

WOW that File Transfer was fast using the Phone Link related Send to Phone option, think definitely using the 6E Wifi capabilties of both devices--like literally 30 seconds it took 

 

Edited May 28, 2025 by bikeman25