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