Broadcom BCM4356 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

BCM4356 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device is a Bluetooth device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0A5C&PID_640A.

1. Broadcom BCM4356 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Broadcom BCM4356 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 12.0.1.550 released on 2015-04-10.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) 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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 4582267 bytes (4.37 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.7 stars by 64452 users.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom BCM4356 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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Broadcom BCM4356 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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