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I've tried to setup Authy using bluetooth, but I failed :(. Mac OSX 10.8 on Macbook Air, iOS 7 on iPhone 4S. It did ask me on the phone to give access for Bluetooth to Authy, which I approved. But On the desktop app there is an empty list of devices and nothing else shows on my phone's screen.

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Hi Maver, unfortunately is likely your Mac doesn't have a Bluetooth 4.0 chip and Apple doesn't have an API on the iPhone to talk via 2.0. It will work on an Android though.

It's a 2012 Macbook Air, so it should have Bluetooth 4.0 chip. Any other thoughts?

Edit: For the reference - I went to Authy support chat room, and it seems that even though I have a 2012 Mac, system profiler says that I have LMP version 4, which means Bluetooth 2.1. That's why it doesn't work. The support was top notch though.

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