On my Bluetooth connected devices lost, my 2017 Honda Pilot shows up as ‘17AHU’. In order to help me better manage my Bluetooth connections, I would like to change it to something more obvious like ‘Honda Pilot’ - is this possible?
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Possible to change name of Bluetooth connected device?
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After you’re connected to the car, open Bluetooth in settings and tap on the exclamation mark for the name you want to change. Type in whatever you’d like then hit done. At least that’s how you change AirPods name..
Thanks, I tried that but don’t get the option to edit the name for the car
If it doesn't appear to be easy, you likely can't.
I believe iOS only allows you to change the name of Bluetooth devices that are capable of it and permit it. The bluetooth "friendly name" you see is representative of the products description, model, series, etc, usually something friendlier like "Samsung Headphones ModelXXX". In your case its 17AHU which like means 2017 A=something HU=Head Unit...or something along those lines which is more of a descriptor for Honda not you.
What iOS does not allow is an arbitrary name change. This is what MacOS, Windows, Android (sometimes), etc can do. This is just the phone seeing the real name but displaying it with what you want to see. Other people would still see the original bluetooth name.
I'm not sure why Apple does provide this, maybe something to do with cloud sharing or something. Regardless if you can't find a setting in the vehicles menus its likely not possible, or at the least not easy.
I believe iOS only allows you to change the name of Bluetooth devices that are capable of it and permit it. The bluetooth "friendly name" you see is representative of the products description, model, series, etc, usually something friendlier like "Samsung Headphones ModelXXX". In your case its 17AHU which like means 2017 A=something HU=Head Unit...or something along those lines which is more of a descriptor for Honda not you.
What iOS does not allow is an arbitrary name change. This is what MacOS, Windows, Android (sometimes), etc can do. This is just the phone seeing the real name but displaying it with what you want to see. Other people would still see the original bluetooth name.
I'm not sure why Apple does provide this, maybe something to do with cloud sharing or something. Regardless if you can't find a setting in the vehicles menus its likely not possible, or at the least not easy.