Notifications not sounding through Bluetooth anymore

[madbrain]

My S22 ultra notifications are always sounding through the phone itself, and never through my Sony WH-1000MX3 headphones. The phone vibrates each time, too, which is unwanted when headphones are connected.

The headphones are showing as connected for both calls and audio in the Bluetooth settings.

This is a recent regression. It didn't use to be the case. Notifications always sounded through Bluetooth in the past.

I am on an airplane right now with Wifi. I don't want to disturb passengers with the nearly nonstop notifications from various apps. If I put the phone in Do not disturb mode, the notifications are all muted. However, so is the music I'm playing through the headphones. And hence DND is not a suitable workaround. Imagine flying 36 hours in one week with this problem ... Is there any kind of setting for this that I may have missed ?

[LordVako]

Did you go to

Settings.

Sounds and Vibration.

Notification Sound (or go to Advanced sound settings if necessary).

Ensure the setting that allows notifications to play through Bluetooth devices is enabled.

[madbrain]

I can't find any such setting on my S22 ultra, unfortunately. Do you know what it might be called, so that I could search for it ?

[LordVako]

Go here. And select the app you want to use to listen through your headphones, then on audio device choose your headphones see if that works.

[madbrain]

Thanks. But isn't that the exact opposite of what I need ?

I want all apps and notifications to play on the same device, the bluetooth headphones. Which is what used to happen in the past, without me ever having been aware of this menu option.

I can't even try it right now because my headphones are charging and it's not possible to select the device when it's not connected.

[LordVako]

Then go to the Bluetooth option and next to the headphone device is the toggle wheel, make sure is set to headphones or Media Output.

I believe there's an option in the Sony app the has to do with play all sounds through headphones, I can't open it because I changed phone and haven't paired mine 😊

[madbrain]

Thanks. The bluetooth settings for the (offline) Sony headphones show that they are enabled for calls, for audio, and the audio device type is set to headphones.

I do have the Sound connect app, but it won't do anything while the headphones are offline. I'll just have to wait a bit. I did play with the app while on the airplane earlier, but don't recall seeing a setting that would direct notifications away from the headphones.

[LordVako]

Yes, there's something in there I just forgot the name. If all fails, unpaid it and pair it again, should fix it 🙏

[madbrain]

Thanks. I did a factory reset of my headphones, and repaired them with my S22 Ultra. The audio notifications do seem to go through the headphones, at least for the couple apps I tested - Google Messages, Google voice. However, the vibration on the phone still remains. I'm not sure if it's intended behavior or not, but it's odd, and I wish I could turn that off.

I'm not seeing any relevant setting in the Sony Sound Connect app.

[LordVako]

Dang it it's weird cuz I don't have that issue, will pair mines tomorrow and check what happens and let you know