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		smaudet on March 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hyundai promises to keep buttons in cars Buy two of the same headphone, watch it not work because the software differentiates on the label not the MAC, and never asks you or auto labels the one you connected to... Not a BT problem so much as a bad software pattern. I solve this by naming my devices uniquely.

HPsquared on March 22, 2023 [–]

My old BMW had this pretty well solved, the Bluetooth device name was the last few digits of the VIN.

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