Are unofficial Bluetooth & WIFI modules for the Orange Pi Plus better than the official one?

Last Updated on September 12, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

There where issues reported with Bluetooth and for instance Orange pi 5 PLUS:

https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip/issues/338

in the Ubuntu 22.04 Rockchip RK3588 devices project:

https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip

biblioman09 made a review on his YouTube channel with an Orange Pi Plus and a PCIe WIFI6 + Bluetooth:

He did not use the official Bluetooth module from Orange, but a different sold on Aliexpress:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005867630310.html?aff_fcid=831d1b3c922646fc8369371b66514f12-1694274924231-01206-_Dkoc32n&tt=CPS_NORMAL&aff_fsk=_Dkoc32n&aff_platform=shareComponent-detail&sk=_Dkoc32n&aff_trace_key=831d1b3c922646fc8369371b66514f12-1694274924231-01206-_Dkoc32n&terminal_id=64a25cf22e7b461cae1b2cde5b5e78c5&afSmartRedirect=y

In the description of the module it says it can used on:

• Samsung/Dell/Sony/ACER/ISUS/MSI/ Clevo/Terransforce/Hasee etc.

• It does not work on IBM/Thinkpad/lenovo/hp laptop.

• It works for HP/Lenovo laptops newer than 2016.

I have listed on my site what he got to work with the module and the Orange Pi Plus:

Demonstration which shows the function of the Orange Pi 5 Plus with a Wifi & Bluetooth module in Ubuntu, but still no proof of function of Bluetooth keyboard & mouse?

Eventually issues with Bluetooth and WIFI and the Orange Pi 5 Plus can be resolved with this unofficial module which would be highly desirable.