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2022.10: Active bluetooth connections

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@ -97,6 +97,36 @@ available/released](https://twitter.com/balloob/status/1576421490106384385) 🎉
Welcome aboard Marcel!
## Active Bluetooth everywhere
Two releases back, we [introduced the Bluetooth integration](/blog/2022/08/03/release-20228/#first-class-bluetooth-support).
The previous release we brought Bluetooth everywhere in your home by adding
support for [Bluetooth Proxies](/blog/2022/09/07/release-20229/#bluetooth-everywhere).
Let's not stop there!
In this release, those proxies now support active Bluetooth connections! 🤯
To explain this quick: Previously, we could listen for Bluetooth devices
and only receive data via the proxies (passive connection); now, we can actively
set up a conversation with those devices and send data (active connection). This
adds the capability to extend the range of Bluetooth devices that can be
controlled 💙.
<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/blog/2022-09/bluetooth-proxy-overview.png' alt='Picture of a home showing how Bluetooth data is proxied via ESPHome devices to Home Assistant'><br>
For this occasion, ESPHome will have an additional release, which adds this
functionality. We have also updated our [Bluetooth proxy installer website](https://esphome.github.io/bluetooth-proxies/)
to install with support for active connections.
So, want to control that SwitchBot Bluetooth device on the other end of your
home that seems out of reach? Now you can by installing a proxy on
a simple ESP32 device.
Oh! Bonus: the Bluetooth performance has been improved too! Especially local
Bluetooth adapters should be quite a bit faster. 🚀
## Extending adding integrations
(Working title, need to be changed to something useful)