Bluetooth beacons are everywhere, and as long as your antenna is live, there’s a good chance one of your apps is using them to pin down your location. After enough creepy tracking stories, I think of Bluetooth more as a liability than a feature. That logic might hold true for a lot of Apple users, but it’s not how Bluetooth works for me. The assumption is that, between Apple’s AirPods, the Pencil, and other wireless gadgets, the average person uses Bluetooth enough that a permanent off switch just doesn’t make sense.

You can turn it all the way off by digging into the settings menu, but as soon as you turn it on for any reason, the cycle starts again. Even when it’s off, the antenna stays on, looking for new devices. It’s a deliberate move by Apple: under iOS 11, turning Bluetooth off from the control center simply puts Bluetooth on time out until the next morning instead of disabling it permanently.

I only own one Bluetooth gadget (a UE Boom 2 I keep around my apartment) and I typically turn the antenna off when I’m not actively using it, but lately it’s been popping back on when I’m not looking. of China Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kuwait Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macao S.A.R.Lately, my phone really wants me to turn on Bluetooth. Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong S.A.R.of China Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Oman Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russian Federation Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Region Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay US Downloads Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, British of China Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kuwait Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macao S.A.R.

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