Driver for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 - downloading and installing it

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. USB/VID_05AC&PID_8282 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.1.15 dated 2017-06-13.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept 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 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Qualcomm Atheros Communications applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 328934 bytes (321.22 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 75319 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver

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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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. Scroll the list down until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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