Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device how to download and install the driver

Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device is a Bluetooth hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Broadcom. USB/VID_0A5C&PID_214A is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 12.0.0.8047 released on 2013-10-18.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled 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 easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Broadcom.
Size of this driver: 1861727 bytes (1.78 MB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 66455 votes.
This driver was released 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. How to install Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device driver using DriverMax

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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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. Scroll the list down until you locate the Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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