Bluetooth 5.4 adapter as extender for Zwift on MacBook Pro
Can I use a BT 5.4 adapter as an extender on my MacBook pro for Zwift game? How?
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If your goal is to use it as a Bluetooth range extender ...
... then the short answer is: no.
Bluetooth on a Mac (including with a USB adapter) generally doesn’t let you boost range like a dedicated range extender. Zwift relies on BLE to receive speed/cadence/power data from sensors, and Apple’s Bluetooth stack doesn’t support plugging in a random USB dongle and switching the system to use it instead of the built-in adapter. macOS treats the built-in Bluetooth as primary, and most third-party USB BT adapters don’t get used by the system unless they include their own drivers and stack.
What can help in practice is using a Bluetooth 5+ adapter on a device that does let you use it (like a Windows PC or a trainer with a USB dongle that supports BLE), or preferably using ANT+ with a proper USB ANT+ stick* Many trainers/sensors broadcast both ANT+ and Bluetooth, and ANT+ tends to have better range and reliability for Zwift.
On a MacBook, the common approach is to connect sensors via ANT+ using a USB ANT+ dongle (e.g., a 4iiii Viiiiva or the Garmin stick) and let Zwift pick those up.