The Raspberry Pi 3 comes with Bluetooth 4.1, but it doesn't work out of the box. Here's how to get Bluetooth up and running on the latest Raspberry Pi.

In the latest Raspberry Pi magazine you can build your very own universal media player using a mini PC. That is more capable than shop bought ...

“We’re working on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B powered Media Player controlled with Gesture using The Tactigon Board. Both devices includes a Bluetooth Low Energy module, so we decided to use them ...

The Raspberry Pi makes a rather excellent basis for a media player build, and we’ve seen some stunning examples in the past!

Unfortunately Bluetooth is not a standard option in many cars, and it can be expensive to buy an aftermarket adapter. [parkerlreed] built his own solution to this problem using a Raspberry Pi.

Image: Raspberry Pi Foundation The Raspberry Pi Foundation has unveiled a new model of the tiny computing board, the Raspberry Pi Zero W, which adds Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and is priced at $10.

I've just ordered a Raspberry Pi 3 with the 'official' Raspberry Pi 7" touchscreen. I am intending to use it as a media player, purely for audio. I'll be using an external USB DAC at some point ...

Raspberry Pi goes on to say that the module features "1x1 single-band 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)" alongside Bluetooth 5.2, and you can use both Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy on it.

Overall, I really liked using LibreELEC on my Raspberry Pi. It put my otherwise idle hardware to good use, and now I have a media center on my TV I can use for music, media, and even streaming.

Raspberry Pi, the shockingly affordable mini-computer, is getting a dose of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich that could make it easier to use as a dirt-cheap media player.