Broadcom Bluetooth USB module - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Bluetooth USB module is a Bluetooth device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_0489&PID_E046.

1. Install Broadcom Bluetooth USB module driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Broadcom Bluetooth USB module driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 12.0.0.0010 released on 2012-02-02.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started 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 quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze 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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Broadcom applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 3072055 bytes (2.93 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 22831 votes.
This driver is 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 Bluetooth USB module driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Broadcom Bluetooth USB module driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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