Driver for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS - downloading and installing it

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS is a Bluetooth hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. USB/VID_10AB&PID_0081 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0001.0350 dated 2015-08-18.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications.
The file size of this driver is 325570 bytes (317.94 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 93072 votes.
This driver is 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 4.0 HS driver

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

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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