What does it mean when it says my phone doesn't support Bluetooth low energy?

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whats it mean when it says my phone doesn't support bluetooth low energy

i have a samsung galaxy 3 mini and i thought it supported all bluetooth but what is bluetooth low energy ??

 

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Re: whats it mean when it says my phone doesn't support bluetooth low energy

A new spec that uses less power for really short-distance Bluetooth. You can use a LE device on a phone that doesn't support it - the device falls back to normal Bluetooth.