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LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE on Windows Pc

Developed By: Punch Through Design

License: Free

Rating: 3,0/5 - 592 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.9.11
Size 8.3 MB
Release Date June 18, 24
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an app to access approximate location. [see more (5)]

What's New:
This release fixes a crash caused by attempted interactions with restricted GATT characteristics, which include: FIDO service, LE Audio services, HID service,... [see more]

Description from Developer:
LightBlue® can connect you to all of your devices that use Bluetooth Low Energy (also known as Bluetooth Smart, or Bluetooth Light). With LightBlue®, you can scan, connect to and b... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE and install on Windows PC. LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE is free Tools app, developed by Punch Through Design. Latest version of LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE is 1.9.11, was released on 2024-06-18 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE is 3,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 592 users, 216 users had rated it 5*, 216 users had rated it 1*.

How to install LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE on Windows?

Instruction on how to install LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "LightBlue® — Bluetooth LE" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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LightBlue® can connect you to all of your devices that use Bluetooth Low Energy (also known as Bluetooth Smart, or Bluetooth Light). With LightBlue®, you can scan, connect to and browse any nearby BLE device.

Full support of read, write, and notify is included to ease BLE firmware development efforts. You can also view the signal strength (RSSI) in real time to get an idea of how close you are to the BLE device, handy for finding lost Fitbits or other BLE devices!

The log feature allows you to keep track of all significant BLE events that occur while using the app (e.g., device discovery, connection, reading, writing).

Use LightBlue® to test your new BLE Heart Rate Monitor, temperature sensor, TI CC2540 Keyfob, Nordic uBlue, Panasonic PAN1720, etc. LightBlue® is also ideal for developers wanting to test the firmware of their own BLE peripherals.

Key Features:
- Scan for any BLE peripherals
- See basic device info (name, MAC address, RSSI) at a glance
- Browse characteristics and services
- Register for notifications
- Read characteristics
- Write to characteristics in hex or UTF-8 string format
- Thoroughly log BLE events and share them in plain text format

A note on location access: if your Android device is running Android M (6.0) and above, you'll need to grant the app fine location access in order for the OS to surface BLE scan results to the app. This is an Android SDK requirement—we do not use your location for anything, not even while the app is in the foreground.
This release fixes a crash caused by attempted interactions with restricted GATT characteristics, which include: FIDO service, LE Audio services, HID service, and the Android TV remote service.

Please write to info+lbxandroid@punchthrough.com if you wish to report any issues with the app. Thank you for using LightBlue®!
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.