Google Nest Home Hub or whatever its called these days won't drop bluetooth connection

[Android Central Question]

Contrary to the usual complaint of bluetooth unexpectedly disconnecting, this issue is about bluetooth not disconnecting when it should.

After connecting to a bluetooth (BT) speaker and using with no problem, a hey Google command to "disconnect bluetooth" does not work.

Checking the BT settings from the display shows that the BT speaker is disconnected, (i.e. there is an option to "connect"), however, the BT speaker remains connected as evidenced by a connection light on the BT speaker speaker itself and if commanded to play music, audio is still going to the BT speaker.

Troubleshooting steps:

Removing power from the Google Home finally results in disconnect
Factory Reset Google Home did not help
Unpair/Repair did not help
The issue persists even when paired with a completely different BT speaker
The issue persist whether the disconnect command is within a routine or just manually spoken
Nothing in the Google Home App seems abnormal

The BT speaker in this case is Bose Soundlink Micro. However also tried with an iHome brand BT speaker.

A routine to do the disconnect has been working fine for probably a couple years. Now its a problem.

Any help or ideas appreciated.

 

[belodion]

We don't have a Google Nest Home Hub forum, so I've moved your thread to Google Home, which may not be the best forum.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=409154