Download and install Broadcom BCM43162 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Device driver

BCM43162 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Device is a Bluetooth device. This driver was developed by Broadcom. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_0A5C&PID_2168.

1. Manually install Broadcom BCM43162 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Device driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Broadcom BCM43162 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Device driver. The archive contains version 6.5.1.6820 dated 2015-12-21 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Broadcom.
Download size of the driver: 3551073 bytes (3.39 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4 stars out of 9169 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. Installing the Broadcom BCM43162 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Device driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Broadcom BCM43162 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Device driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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