This presentation will cover a brief introduction on how the Bluetooth LowEnergy technology works. Then it will present the current status of its supporton Linux, presenting the available APIs and how to interact with BluetoothSmart devices. Then we'll present the profiles we're currently working on andwhat support can be expected to be found on Linux and BlueZ this year. Therewill be also a few demos of Bluetooth Smart devices working on Linux. The audience of this talk is application or framework developers that want toadd support for Bluetooth Smart devices to their software, hardware vendors,and technology curious. Basic Bluetooth understanding is recommended but notrequired.