My partner keeps the Bluetooth antenna of her Android Pixel 4a (5G) on because she wears a Fitbit. On the occasion I want to use Bluetooth (e.g. in my car or via portable speaker), devices will ALWAYS connect to her phone over mine if she’s anywhere nearby. Sometimes it even steals the connection when I was already connected.
Why is this? Is there some way to steal the connection back?
It happened when I had a Pixel 4a (non-5G) and with a Pixel 8a. It’s especially maddening when it’s the audio stream in my car. I believe I’ve tried unpairing both phones, pairing mine first and then hers, and hers still ends up taking priority.
EDIT: Tech Support answers only, please. If I wanted to get trolled there are plenty of other places for that.
With a lot of cars you can set the precedence of which phone has a higher priority. Set yours to the higher priority and it should help you there.
Hmm, maybe a lot, but I’ve never seen that.
My phone is definitely at the top of the list (paired first too of course). I don’t recall any way to change the order ('19 Corolla) but I I can’t move it any higher regardless.