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# ENStatus.bluetoothOff

Bluetooth is turned off.

```
case bluetoothOff
```

## Discussion

Bluetooth is required for Exposure Notification. If Bluetooth is disabled, notify the user that Exposure Notification can’t work without Bluetooth enabled.

> Note:
> This may not match the state of Bluetooth as reported by CoreBluetooth.

Exposure Notification is a system service and can use Bluetooth in situations when apps cannot. For the purposes of notification of exposure, it’s better to use this API instead of CoreBluetooth.

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