Connected Bluetooth Devices in Notification Drop Down?

[nessthiss]

My S8 used to have a notification that showed me what Bluetooth audio device was connected. At some point it went away, and I'm not sure if I changed a setting or if that was a feature that got removed in an update. I'm on Verizon and just got the Pie update but it was gone long ago. Anyone know if I can get this feature back?

 

[ocnbrze]

if you have pie you should have whats called the "SmartThings" panel. it shows up on your notication bar. it will show you whats connected to your device.

 

[nessthiss]

That's interesting, I might have a use for that but it's not what I was looking for. The old feature made it easy to switch your audio device from your bluetooth headset to the phone speaker without having to completely turn off bluetooth or disconnect the device.

 

[ocnbrze]

yeah not sure then. are you on the pie update? there are also plenty of bluetooth widgets you can install as well.

 

[tweak4]

That's interesting, I might have a use for that but it's not what I was looking for. The old feature made it easy to switch your audio device from your bluetooth headset to the phone speaker without having to completely turn off bluetooth or disconnect the device.

That sounds like the Smart Things panel that ocnbrze mentioned- when I'm connected to something, I can just pull down the notification shade and tap Audio Output in the Smart Things panel, and it pops up a list of devices that I'm connected to, and I can select which of them to output sound to. I use this all the time along with the Separate App Sound option so that I can just output music to my bluetooth speaker and have regular notifications sounds and whatnot still play through the phone itself.

 

[nessthiss]

Yeah, after playing with that more it is what I was looking for. Thanks!