Community meeting on September 17, 2026

Name/IRC nick: valgavchanin

Topic:
Bluetooth HFP/A2DP audio routing and manual audio output selection

Some details about the topic:
Bluetooth audio routing/reconnection with car audio systems does not always work correctly (JP2026 Finnlayson 5.2.0.17):

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/bluetooth-car-kit-with-a2dp-wont-play-sound-through-car-speakers-if-i-connect-to-hfp-first/28629/2?u=valgavchanin

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/appsupport-bluetooth-feedback-thread/29490/215?u=valgavchanin

Could the problem be somewhere in A2DP/HFP profile negotiation or in restoring the correct audio route after reconnection?

Regardless of the actual cause, I would like to have a system-level audio output selector, similar to GNOME, KDE or Windows. Automatic routing could remain the default, while allowing the user to switch to a desired audio output manually when needed or when automatic routing fails.

I have also tried Audio Output Chooser, but unfortunately it is not really helpful in my case.

Approx. time needed:
5–10 minutes

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