Connect through Bluetooth on your Android device

You can use Bluetooth to connect some devices to your phone without a cord. After you pair a Bluetooth device for the showtime fourth dimension, your devices tin pair automatically. If your phone is connected to something through Bluetooth, at the top of the screen, you'll run across a Bluetooth icon.

Plough Bluetooth on or off

  1. Swipe down from the top of the screen.
  2. Tap Bluetooth .

Tip: To save battery, turn off Bluetooth when non in use. Bluetooth is off in Airplane fashion.

Pace 1: Pair a Bluetooth accessory

Important: Your devices stay paired until you unpair them.

Option i: Use the Settings app (all Bluetooth accessories)

  1. Swipe downwardly from the pinnacle of the screen.
  2. Touch and concord Bluetooth .
  3. Tap Pair new device.
  4. Tap the proper noun of the Bluetooth device you desire to pair with your device.
  5. Follow any on-screen instructions.

Tip: If yous demand a passcode and don't accept it, try 0000 or 1234 (the most common passcodes).

Option 2: Apply notifications (Fast Pair accessories merely)

  1. Make sure:
    • Your Bluetooth accessory works with Fast Pair. Accessories that work with Fast Pair say so on their boxes. Many likewise say "Made by Google" or "Made for Google." Observe accessories in the Google Store.
    • Your phone is using Android 6.0 or higher.
    • Your phone has Bluetooth and Location turned on.
  2. Turn on your Fast Pair accessory and put it in pairing way. Make sure your accessory is most your phone or tablet.
  3. When you get a notification, tap Tap to pair.
  4. You'll get a "Device connected" or "Pairing complete" notification.
  5. If your accessory needs to be ready up, tapSet upward at present.

Tip: If you don't get a notification, open the Settings app on your telephone and tap Connected devices. Under "Nearby devices," select the device you desire to pair. To learn more, go to Detect Fast Pair accessories.

Stride 2: Connect

  1. Swipe down from the top of the screen.
  2. Make sure Bluetooth is turned on.
  3. Bear upon and agree Bluetooth .
  4. In the list of paired devices, tap a paired but unconnected device.
  5. When your phone and the Bluetooth device are connected, the device shows equally "Connected."

Set, unpair, or find a Bluetooth accessory

Unpair, rename, or pick actions for a Bluetooth accompaniment

  1. Swipe down from the top of the screen.
  2. Bear on and concord Bluetooth .
  3. Make your change:

Tip: On a tablet that people share, each person can change the overall Bluetooth settings.

Change your phone or tablet'southward Bluetooth name

  1. Swipe down from the top of the screen.
  2. Make certain Bluetooth is turned on.
  3. Touch and concord Bluetooth .
  4. Tap Device name.
  5. Enter a new name.
  6. Tap Rename.

Discover Fast Pair accessories

Of import: When you connect with Fast Pair, your Bluetooth accessories are associated with your Google Account. Your other continued devices can recognize newly added accessories and prompt y'all to pair with the accessories automatically.

Tip: To save devices automatically, turn on Automatically save devices.

How Fast Pair handles your data (Fast Pair accessories just)

Google collects certain info to quickly pair your Bluetooth devices with devices that employ your Google Account. Some of this functionality uses Google Play services. For example, Fast Pair collects:

  • Personal info for functionality purposes, like the proper name y'all phone call a Bluetooth device during setup.
  • Operation information and usage info for analytics purposes.

Opt out of Fast Pair

The data that Fast Pair collects is encrypted in transit. You can delete nerveless data when you lot opt out of Fast Pair.

  1. On your phone, open up the Settings app.
  2. Tap Google and then Devices & sharing and then Devices and then Saved devices.

Related resource

  • Fix Bluetooth bug
  • Share a mobile connection via Bluetooth

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