# Bluetooth stopped working since Android 16

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/bluetooth-stopped-working-since-android-16/4107643
**Category:** Issues / Bugs
**Tags:** bug
**Created:** [September 18, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bluetooth-stopped-working-since-android-16/4107643 "2025-09-18T17:00:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![infolr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@infolr](https://community.thunkable.com/u/infolr)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bluetooth-stopped-working-since-android-16/4107643/1 "2025-09-18T17:00:02Z")

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Hello,

with Android 16, my app can no longer find Bluetooth devices, but everything still works with Android 15. The device is found in the phone’s Bluetooth settings. Is this a known issue? Please help, I have some customers who can no longer use the app.

Best regards,

Daniel

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/bluetooth-stopped-working-since-android-16/4107643/2 "2025-10-07T10:14:30Z")

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Hi @infolr  
The scan block returns the Device IDs but not the Device Names on devices with Android 16.

Regarding Device Names Showing as Null:

This is expected BLE behavior, not a bug. The scanned devices intentionally don’t broadcast names in their advertising packets to preserve battery and privacy.

Could you please use the “Device ids” instead of “Device names” block?