# Espressif launches ESP-Hosted for ESP32 connectivity with Linux host controllers

DevFeed: [Espressif launches ESP-Hosted for ESP32 connectivity with Linux host controllers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/june-2020-13900.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.espressif.com/blog/june-2020/>)

Author: John Lee

Published: 2020-07-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on Developer Portal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-developer-portal.md>)

Topics: [ESP32](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Wi-Fi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wi-fi.md>), [Bluetooth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bluetooth.md>), [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>), [ESP8266](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp8266.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [m5stack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/m5stack.md>)

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## AI overview

Espressif's June 2020 newsletter announces ESP-Hosted, a project that uses ESP32 as a communication processor to provide Wi-Fi and Bluetooth/BLE connectivity to Linux-based host controllers. The newsletter also highlights several ESP32 and ESP8266 projects.

## Source excerpt

Hi everyone, We've got some exciting news for you this month! In response to our customers' requests, we have just launched ESP-Hosted. This is a project which addresses our customers' requirement to use ESP32 as a connectivity module with Linux-based host controllers. More specifically, the ESP-Hosted project offers a way of using ESP32 as a communication processor that provides Wi-Fi and Bluetooth/BLE connectivity to the host MCU.