Operating system support for bluetooth

Operating system support.

Apple has supported Bluetooth since Mac OS X version 10.2 released in 2002.
As for Microsoft platforms, Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later releases have native support for Bluetooth. Previous versions required the users to install their Bluetooth adapter's own drivers, which were not directly supported by Microsoft. Microsoft's own Bluetooth dongles (that are packaged with their Bluetooth computer devices) have no external drivers and thus require at least Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Linux provides two Bluetooth stacks, with the BlueZ stack included with most Linux kernels. It was originally developed by Qualcomm and Affix. BlueZ supports all core Bluetooth protocols and layers.
NetBSD features Bluetooth support since its 4.0 release. Its Bluetooth stack has been ported to FreeBSD and OpenBSD as well.