Like the ESP32, it has Bluetooth LE 5.0 in addition to WiFi ... but if medium-sized ESP32-C3 modules are priced near the ESP8266-12-style modules, we can’t see any reason to buy the latter ...
ESP8266 boards are a reasonable candidate to create a unified control system for multiple devices. This is even more true for the ESP32, as it adds Bluetooth support. [hwhardsoft]’s use case is ...