I have been spending a lot of time working remotely with my laptop in random locations. And usually just plug my mouse in via the USB dongle. But just curious if there is a noticeable battery difference doing this? Seems like Bluetooth would be better because it’s already powering other things anyway.
Edit: seems like it’s Bluetooth. Going to have to change my habits. Thanks all.
Assuming you mean for the battery life of the mouse: In my experience, USB dongle.
The communication protocol is simpler, and it’s often unidirectional rather than BT which has bidirectional handshaking, etc.
I’ve always assumed the dongle uses bluetooth as well. Why invent a new protocol when there’s one that does exactly what you want?
Dongles are usually 2.4ghz radios, supposed to be lower latency and more stable than Bluetooth.
Edit- in reality though, bluetooth has come a long way and generally more convenient, users likely wouldn’t notice a difference in day to day work. Personally I still wouldn’t recommend gaming on a bluetooth connection when latency and micro stutters matter.
That’s the same frequency as one of the main Wi-Fi bands, I would imagine they’re probably just reusing that technology for this communication
