---
id: winrt-windows-devices-radios
version: "3.2.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# winrt-Windows.Devices.Radios — Python projection of Windows Runtime (WinRT) APIs

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 194.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package is a Python projection of the Windows Runtime (WinRT) Devices.Radios namespace, part of the larger PyWinRT project. It allows Python developers to interact with radio devices (such as Bluetooth, WiFi, and cellular radios) on Windows systems through direct WinRT API bindings. The package is one of many modular namespace packages generated from the Windows SDK; it depends on winrt-runtime and is distributed as platform-specific wheels for Windows.

The package is maintained by the PyWinRT community as a fork of Microsoft's original xlang project. It targets developers who need low-level hardware access from Python on Windows without writing C++ or using indirect abstractions. Installation is straightforward on supported Windows architectures, but the aging maintenance status and lack of recent development activity suggest it may not receive frequent updates or bug fixes.

Use it for:

- Control Bluetooth radio state (enable/disable) programmatically from a Python application.
- Enumerate and query available radio devices on a Windows system.
- Build Windows desktop utilities that manage device connectivity settings.
- Integrate WinRT radio APIs into cross-platform Python frameworks targeting Windows.
- Access low-level radio hardware information for diagnostics or monitoring.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides Python bindings to access Windows Runtime APIs for Bluetooth, USB, serial ports, cameras, and other hardware devices on Windows systems.

Yes, if you are on Windows and need direct access to WinRT radio APIs from Python. The MIT license is permissive, install friction is moderate (Windows-only, but wheels are available for common architectures), and there are no known security vulnerabilities. However, the aging maintenance status means you should verify that the specific radio operations you need are exposed and working before committing to production use.

## Install

pip install winrt-windows-devices-radios
uv add winrt-windows-devices-radios
poetry add winrt-windows-devices-radios

## Installing winrt-Windows.Devices.Radios

Before you install: Medium install friction: Windows-only wheels for Python 3.9–3.14 (win32, win_amd64, win_arm64). Requires winrt-runtime as a runtime dependency. Maintenance status is aging—last commit 2025-12-11, but no recent active development signals.

License in practice: MIT license (permissive): you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install winrt-windows-devices-radios winrt-runtime

from winrt.windows.devices.radios import Radio
# Access radio devices (e.g., Bluetooth, WiFi) via WinRT APIs

Windows-only; requires Python 3.9 or later and the winrt-runtime package installed.

Verify before relying:

- Specific capabilities and API surface of the Radios namespace (what radio types and operations are exposed).
- Whether this package works on all Windows versions or has minimum OS version requirements.
- Performance and stability characteristics in production use cases.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: medium
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 194.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

windows runtime api python, winrt bluetooth usb access, windows hardware control python, pywinrt device radios, windows devices python binding, winrt api wrapper, windows sdk python, windows-only, hardware-access, winrt-binding

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