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How to display device's alias with the Ubuntu 20.04 default bluetooth manager?

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marianoju

With Ubuntu 20.04 the names of all previously paired bluetooth remote devices and all unknown bluetooth remote devices are listed under “Settings > Bluetooth”.

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I have two identical headsets (SoundBuds Flow) that show up with the same name. To better distinguish them I have tried to rename these devices (at least the names that are displayed on my main device).

I have somehow successfully renamed the bluetooth remote devices (see “How can I change the names of paired/connected remote bluetooth devices?”, but as soon as the device is reconnected, the name (or more specifically the corresponding info file) is overwritten.

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Changing the bluetooth remote devices' names with bt-device see “Changing bluetooth device name”) is not an option, since the bluetooth remote device name is read-only (see Ubuntu Manpage: bt-device). Changing the alias has no practical effect, since the Ubuntu 20.04 default bluetooth manager displays the name, not the alias.

blueman-manager actually displays the alias (see distinguishing between two bluetooth devices which show up with the same name), but I would prefer a solution with the Ubuntu 20.04 default bluetooth manager.

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