About nRF Blinky
nRF Blinky is an application developed targeting an audience of developers who are new to Bluetooth Low Energy. This is a simple application with two basic features. - Scan and connect to any nRF5 DK containing the Nordic...
nRF Blinky is an application developed targeting an audience of developers who are new to Bluetooth Low Energy. This is a simple application with two basic features.
- Scan and connect to any nRF5 DK containing the Nordic Semiconductor’s proprietary LED Button Service.
- Turn on/off LED 1 on the nRF DK
- Receive Button 1 press event from a nRF DK on the nRF Blinky Application.
The source code for this application is available on GitHub on the following link:
https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/Android-nRF-Blinky
Note:
- Android 5 or newer is required.
- Location permission is required on devices running Android 5 - 11. This app will not use the location information in any way. Starting from Android 12 the app is requesting Bluetooth Scan and Bluetooth Connect instead.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of nRF Blinky since it was posted on our website on 2019-11-04 11:44:01.
The latest version is 4.0.0 and it was updated on 2026-06-11 20:43:40. See below the changes in each version.
nRF Blinky version 4.0.0
Updated At: 2026-04-21
Changes: This is a major update of the app. The Bluetooth LE connectivity was migrated from the old Java-based BLE library to Kotlin BLE Library.
The UI and UX was also improved. The connection screen now shows Click and Long Click events and allows to "bind" LED state with the button state.
Check out all the changes on GitHub.
Note:
Due to the current minimum required version of underlying libraries, the app supports now devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or later.
nRF Blinky version 3.2.0
Updated At: 2025-01-09
Changes: Minor improvements related to how the app looks on phones with notches.
nRF Blinky version 3.1.1
Updated At: 2024-12-05
Changes: This version fixes some minor issues and makes the app available for the latest Android versions by rising target SDK to 35.
In the lasted patch we improved insets for phones with notches and added predictive back animation for Android 15+.
Visit project's GitHub page for more details.
nRF Blinky version 3.1.0
Updated At: 2024-12-02
Changes: This version fixes some minor issues and makes the app available for the latest Android versions by rising target SDK to 35.
Visit project's GitHub page for more details.
nRF Blinky version 3.0.1
Updated At: 2022-12-16
Changes: Minor build script changes. See GitHub release for details.
nRF Blinky version 2.7.0
Updated At: 2021-11-17
Changes: This feature adds Swipe to refresh feature on the Scanner screen. Whenever you get bored with devices discovered previously, just pull the list down to see them in slightly different order moment later. Additionally, we did our best to hide devices that for sure do not support LED Button Service, like beacons or iPhones. If your phone is equipped with a physical keyboard, now it should be easier to navigate around.
nRF Blinky version 2.6.2
Updated At: 2021-11-05
Changes: This release adds an amazing animation in splash screen to those of you who have Android 12. For the rest, it also improves welcome package, but not nearly as that. Just a bit.
nRF Blinky version 2.6.0
Updated At: 2021-10-07
Changes: This version adds support for Android 12. Finally no more requests for location permissions for lucky owners of a phone with this Android versions. Location is still required for older systems.
See our GitHub repo for details.
nRF Blinky version 2.5.1
Updated At: 2020-05-26
Changes: 26.05.2020 - version 2.5.1
* Minor icon update
14.05.2020 - version 2.5.0
* Dark Theme
* Migration to BLE Library 2.2.0
* New app icon
* Several bugs fixed, including one that required toggling location permission in Settings in order to scan.
nRF Blinky version 2.5.0
Updated At: 2020-05-14
Changes: 14.05.2020 - version 2.5.0
* Dark Theme
* Migration to BLE Library 2.2.0
* New app icon
* Several bugs fixed, including one that required toggling location permission in Settings in order to scan.
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