Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device is a Bluetooth hardware device. This driver was developed by Broadcom. USB/VID_13D3&PID_3389 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 6.5.1.6820 released on 2015-12-21.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Broadcom.
Driver file size: 3551073 bytes (3.39 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 9664 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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