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Renaming Bluetooth devices

Chris Cook5

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are you able to rename your Bluetooth devices somehow within the settings app? I got a few new devices for Christmas and my birthday. I have about five Bluetooth devices under settings. I was wondering if you can rename them so it would be easier to know which is which
 

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Re: Bluetooth

It will depend on the device.

For some devices, like AirPods, the Bluetooth settings will offer a Name field to rename them.
See this Apple knowledge article for more details: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT205348#ios

On other devices, the device might offer a way to change its name. Since they’re varied, I can say exactly how, but the manual will give you the information.

Finally, there are devices whose name can’t be changed.
 

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Re: Bluetooth

If you are referring to Apple devices, you can change the name by going to the About Section in the settings on the individual product.
 

Chris Cook5

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It will depend on the device.

For some devices, like AirPods, the Bluetooth settings will offer a Name field to rename them.
See this Apple knowledge article for more details: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT205348#ios

On other devices, the device might offer a way to change its name. Since they’re varied, I can say exactly how, but the manual will give you the information.

Finally, there are devices whose name can’t be changed.

I went to the information icon next to the device and I did not see the name field on any of them.
 

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In that case, if it is changeable, it’s from the device’s side. Only some devices allow the name to be changed.
 

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