
So here goes.īoth Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are found in almost every laptop, tablet and smartphone. But she still wondered if this was a reliable solution, because she didn’t know if the location of the event had a Wi-Fi network.Īs I tried to explain that Wi-Fi was irrelevant in this case, it occurred to me that a lot of people may be too embarrassed to ask what the difference is between the two widely used forms of wireless data transmission.

I suggested a Bluetooth speaker, and showed her how it worked. Today, co-executive editor Walt Mossberg offers some advice based on a question he recently received.Ī few weeks ago, a very smart friend asked me how she might play music from her iPhone through an external speaker to entertain about 40 people at an event, without using any cables.


Too Embarrassed to Ask is a new Re/code feature in which our reviewers answer any and all of your burning tech questions - including the very basic ones you might be too embarrassed to ask your tech-savvy friends.
