Yes, theoretically if a device is recognized or manually set to be a "Speaker", Voiceover should stay on the iPhone, if the device is recognized or manually classified as a headset Voiceover should follow other audio. Unfortunately this is not set in stone and with my Ultimate Ears Wonderboom speaker Voiceover stay son the phone when I first turn it on, but there are events which eventually make it switch. Sorry, can't remember what causes it, but I have had it happen. Then of course there are apps which are designed poorly and mess with where audio goes, for example, if I just use my iPhone without a headset and tap on the "Tap to Go Live" button in the ring app for my video doorbell, Voiceover is immediately routed from the external speaker to the earpiece which naturally make it extremely difficult to hear and impossible if you are somewhere with a bit of noise around you. If I turn the volume way up and hold the phone fairly close, but not so close that the proximity sensor engages and turns off the screen, I can turn on the microphone since by default when it goes to live, it's only the visual, not audio or with microphone engaged, but anyways, as soon as I turn on the microphone this also turns on the speaker and then Voiceover returns to the external speaker along with the audio from the vbideo doorbell. I have written to Ring about this before, but so far nothing has been done about it and if I want to start live view I usually make sure that I plug in my Earpods first. There have been other apps over the years where this happened and Voiceover was routed to the phone's earpiece and I wish developers would take better care when they programmed their apps.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kelly Ford Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2023 4:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Audio Destinations Between iPhone and Bluetooth Speakers Hi, Does anyone know how things are supposed to work when connecting a Bluetooth speaker with respect to voiceover audio? It was my impression that the VoiceOver audio should then go to the Bluetooth speaker. I recently connected a JBL flip six to my phone, and the interesting thing is that voiceover audio stayed on the phone while music from apps, such as Pandora, Plex and others went to the speaker. This was actually great, but the one app where this didn't work was Amazon Alexa. As soon as I opened that app, VoiceOver audio switch to the Bluetooth speaker. I would love to be in control such that as I said, I can assure music and other audio sources go to the Bluetooth speaker when I choose, and independent of that I can control where VoiceOver audio goes. I tried looking under audio voiceover settings, but that doesn't seem to let me choose between devices, just left/right on a device. Kelly -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/822B3B0B-329B-4FD6-B44C-E82FD3C7A992%40theideaplace.net. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SJ0PR12MB5661D5801A1A9D5ACFF3C05AC7A4A%40SJ0PR12MB5661.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
