I now this is an old issue, but the problem is not going away (galaxy S7 Edge Verizon). And Android is the only phone operating system that cannot handle Bluetooth connections in a way that makes any sense.
I came from a windows phone which works flawlessly over the Bluetooth handsfree profile for notifications, Cortana, calls, and voice. The same is absolutely true for iOS (confirmed both today). One of the reasons both iOS and windows mobile are setup this way is because the microphone is not listening when you are using the Bluetooth audio connection so no voice commands will work. The other reason is that Bluetooth hands free profile connections are given priority over all other radio functions, so they take priority and cut out the radio or other input source. The same is true with Bluetooth headsets.
With iOS devices and windows phone, it doesn't matter what input your car radio is on, the notification, navigation, and voice commands all go out and in over the hands free protocol so it will override the radio, and start listening on the mic. This does not happen with android because all of those sounds go out over the Bluetooth audio connection (try to change the volume on google now voice and you will see that the media volume is changing).
Only android uses the Bluetooth audio connection and this is why it is so hard to make it work.
Does anyone know of any possible solutions to this problem?
I came from a windows phone which works flawlessly over the Bluetooth handsfree profile for notifications, Cortana, calls, and voice. The same is absolutely true for iOS (confirmed both today). One of the reasons both iOS and windows mobile are setup this way is because the microphone is not listening when you are using the Bluetooth audio connection so no voice commands will work. The other reason is that Bluetooth hands free profile connections are given priority over all other radio functions, so they take priority and cut out the radio or other input source. The same is true with Bluetooth headsets.
With iOS devices and windows phone, it doesn't matter what input your car radio is on, the notification, navigation, and voice commands all go out and in over the hands free protocol so it will override the radio, and start listening on the mic. This does not happen with android because all of those sounds go out over the Bluetooth audio connection (try to change the volume on google now voice and you will see that the media volume is changing).
Only android uses the Bluetooth audio connection and this is why it is so hard to make it work.
Does anyone know of any possible solutions to this problem?