![]() It is more than a marketing item, it is the for-business usage purpose.Īnd it seems to be a monopoly move to be ditching the Unifying devices while rolling out Lightspeed devices. So this Bolt is only available on Business products and software is only obtainable from B2B support site(they provide different version of Logi Options which it is compliant with my software corporation and other business corporations however, my Unifying receiver is reported to the system as possible risk). Logi Bolt is currently the state-of-the-art protocol among 3, adapts most of security standards, is compliant to business standards Unifying is the current behind-the-schedule as for security standards update, literally it is not up-to-date and Logi doesn't care to update the firmware. Underneath - all three are the same dongle protocol with different firmwares loaded into. Logi Bolt is the current business grade protocol, adapting from Unifying. So Unifying is the older consumer grade protocol, while Lightspeed is the newer consumer grade protocol. Only the designed device for protocol can connect to each other: the device is registered to the protocol endpoint beforehand(like those knock-off devices, those old wireless devices that if you lose the dongle, you lose the devices), or via a special standard handshake protocol provided by manufacturer: use a special dongle and provided software(like Microsoft's Xbox Wireless Controller, Sony's Dualshock/Dualsense, or here Unifying/Bolt/Lightspeed). On the other hand, proprietary wireless protocol adapts its own design and technical standards so it will be compliant with IEEE standards, also Radio regulations. Device can run Bluetooth from BIOS differently, only if designed, like WiFi, many devices can be wake-up from WiFi network, even from sleep, full shutdown, hibernation. So Bluetooth devices are registered in the system registries, not on the devices, any Bluetooth endpoints won't have built-in memory to remember the last devices connected to it. The only difference is that they use different channel and a slight minor Hz difference, which both adapt and are compliant with different electronic devices standard requirements, called protocols.Ĭorrectly, Bluetooth has tighter security standard and different wavelength, frequency to adapt a lot of IEEE standards for data transmission. This technology is available since before BLE. This is where you are wrong my friend: Bluetooth is 2.4GHz, Unifying is 2.4GHz, Bolt is 2.4GHz, and so is WiFi, console wireless controllers, knock-off wireless controllers, branded wireless controllers, other branded mice and keyboards, etc. I will never purchase another Logitech/G/Logi/whatever you want to brand yourselves as now, and I will be sure to warn off anybody looking to purchase Logitech products. But between the horrible management and implementation of G Hub, the lack of legacy device support on G Hub, the forced migration from LGS, the issues with running G Hub and LGS side-by-side, the waning quality of Logitech devices overall, and now the surreptitious installation of unwanted and unneeded software, I'm done. I've been a dedicated Logitech customer for literally decades, from the original Trackman on my first Win95 PC to my first G15 and on until today. So, why on Earth was this software that I have no use for forced upon me? Adding insult to injury, the Bolt software clearly states that Unifying Receivers - the receiver that comes with and is utilized by my only non-G device - are not supported by the Bolt software. ![]() This means that the software wasn't even directly deployed during update - it was queued to silently install with absolutely no user recourse on next restart. When I started back up, I'm greeted with the Bolt icon. ![]() Shut down my PC today to dust it and install a couple new fans. I updated Logitech Options last night and left my PC on (constant uptime user, I only shut down when deploying a system update or installing new hardware). So now Logitech is treating the rest of its customers the way it has been its G customers for the past few years, by forcing software changes that don't help existing devices, huh?Īlongside a G815 and G935 I'm a classic MX Ergo user (trackballs are significantly easier for me to use with Essential Tremors), using a Unifying Receiver.
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