Systems and methods for reducing power consumption by using adaptive transmit power during sniff intervals are disclosed. The central device transmits the first packet of the sniff interval using the previously negotiated transmit power. After the central device receives a response from the peripheral device, the central device uses a lower transmit power for subsequent POLL packets during that sniff interval. This scheme may reduce the power consumption of the central device significantly, especially when a large number of packets are transmitted during each sniff interval.