Broadcom BCM2046 B1 USB 500 how to download and install the driver

BCM2046 B1 USB 500 is a Bluetooth for Windows hardware device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_0A5C&PID_2157.

1. Install Broadcom BCM2046 B1 USB 500 driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Broadcom BCM2046 B1 USB 500 driver. The archive contains version 5.6.0.9110 released on 2015-11-25 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Broadcom.
Driver file size: 1903281 bytes (1.82 MB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 69980 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom BCM2046 B1 USB 500 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Broadcom BCM2046 B1 USB 500 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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