You can use Bluetooth to connect some devices to your phone without a cord. After you pair a Bluetooth device for the first time, your devices can connect automatically. If your phone is connected to something through Bluetooth, at the top of the screen, you'll find a Bluetooth icon 
Important:
- Some of these steps work only on Android 10 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
- Some of these steps require you to touch the screen.
Turn Bluetooth on or off from the Settings app
- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap Connected devices
Connection preferences
- Turn Bluetooth on or off.
Connection preferences Turn Bluetooth on or off from Quick Settings
- Swipe down from the top of the screen.
- You can tap or touch and hold the Bluetooth Quick Settings tile:
- Tap: Opens your top three most recently connected Bluetooth devices.
- Turn Use Bluetooth on or off.
- Touch and hold: Opens the 'Connected devices' page in the Settings app.
- Go to Connection preferences
- Turn Use Bluetooth on or off.
- Go to Connection preferences
- Tap: Opens your top three most recently connected Bluetooth devices.
Tip: To save battery, turn off Bluetooth when not in use. Bluetooth is off in aeroplane mode.
Step 1: Pair a Bluetooth accessory
Important: Your devices stay paired until you unpair them.
Option 1: Use the Settings app (all Bluetooth accessories)- Open your device's settings app.
- Tap Connected devices
- Tap Pair new device.
- Tap the name of the Bluetooth device that you want to pair with your phone or tablet.
- Follow any on-screen steps.
Tip: If you need a passcode and don't have it, try '0000' or '1234' (the most common passcodes).
- Make sure that:
- Your Bluetooth accessory works with Fast Pair. Accessories that work with Fast Pair say so on their boxes. Many also say 'Made by Google' or 'Made for Google'. Find accessories in the Google Store.
- Your phone or tablet is using Android 6.0 or higher.
- Your phone or tablet has Bluetooth and location turned on.
- Turn on your Fast Pair accessory and put it in pairing mode. Make sure that your accessory is near your phone or tablet.
- When you get a notification, tap Tap to pair.
- You'll get a 'Device connected' or 'Pairing complete' notification.
- If your accessory needs to be set up, tap Set up now.
Tip: If you don’t get a notification, open your phone’s settings app and tap Connected devices. Under 'Nearby devices', tap the device that you want to pair.
Step 2: Connect
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Connected devices
- Make sure that Bluetooth is turned on.
- In the list of paired devices, tap a paired but unconnected device.
- When your phone and the Bluetooth device are connected, the device shows as 'Connected'.
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Configure, unpair or rename a Bluetooth accessory
Unpair, rename or pick actions for a Bluetooth accessory- Open your phone's settings app.
- Tap Connected devices
- Open your Bluetooth accessory's settings:
- If you find your accessory under 'Available media devices': Next to your device's name, tap Settings
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- If no accessories are listed under 'Previously connected devices': Tap See all. Next to your accessory's name, tap Settings
- If you find your accessory under 'Available media devices': Next to your device's name, tap Settings
- Make your change:
- To change the accessory's name: At the top, tap Edit
.
- To disconnect: Tap Disconnect
.
- To remove the device from your phone completely: Tap Forget
.
- On some devices, you can turn other settings on or off.
- To change the accessory's name: At the top, tap Edit
.
.- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap Connected devices
- Make sure that Bluetooth is turned on.
- Tap Device name.
- Enter a new name.
- Tap Rename.