# Using Bluetooth Mesh with XBee 3

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/using-bluetooth-mesh-with-xbee-3/20421>\
**Category:** XBee & XBee Gateway\
**Tags:** bluetooth-mesh, xbee3\
**Created:** [April 19, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/using-bluetooth-mesh-with-xbee-3/20421 "2019-04-19T09:44:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eofric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Eofric](https://forums.digi.com/u/Eofric)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/using-bluetooth-mesh-with-xbee-3/20421/1 "2019-04-19T09:44:54Z")

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XBee3 devices are advertised as including BLE. As far as I see it to date, BLE is used to manage the device rather than as a device-device communications protocol. Now we have Bluetooth mesh, will be able to set up a Bluetooth mesh network using Xbee 3s? I love using ZigBee for creating meshes but the data rate is fairly low. With BLE we could see a 4-8 fold increase in throughput. Anybody aware if Digi are working on this? I’ve looked at the Bluetooth SIG documentation and it makes the eyeballs click. If Digi can make a Bluetooth mesh set up using XCTU as easy as setting up a ZigBee mesh, then happy days.