Use Bluetooth to improve G accuracy on Android Marshmallow

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 20 Oct 2015

G by itself generally does a pretty good job at pinpointing your location, but it isn’t perfect. Sometimes, you’ll get a good G satellite signal, but other times, your phone’s G won’t be able to show you exactly where you are.

Android can bolster your G capabilities by using nearby -Fi access points cell towers to better triangulate your location, with Android Marshmallow, you can use Bluetooth to improve your location accuracy further still. 

location scanning

Switch on Bluetooth scanning to use Bluetooth to help find your location.

To do so, open the Settings app go to cation, Tap the Options menu button—those three dots in the upper right corner— select Scanning from the menu. Finally, slide the Bluetooth scanning toggle to the on position if it isn’t already.

location mode

Use the High Accuracy location mode to use all possible location trangulation methods.

Now, make sure that your phone is actually set to take advantage of Bluetooth scanning. Return to Settings > cation, tap Mode, then tap High accuracy: This will let your phone use a combination of G signal, as well as -Fi, Bluetooth, cell tower triangulation, to more precisely pinpoint your location.