Sounds when Connected to Bluetooth Headset

This has been a real issue for me too, but after having tried half a dozen different Android phones from both Verizon and AT&T, they all have the same issue too. I can't speak for BB, though. As long as they keep pushing the notification audio over the A2DP channel, this will be an issue.

Blackberry will give you audio alerts when connected to Bluetooth. I was able to find a workaround for making the iPhone do the same.

While your phone is connected to Bluetooth, click on the Music app. Click on the icon next to forward arrows. It's the symbol that looks like a rectangle with a pyramid in it. This will allow you to switch the audio from the iPhone handset and the connected Bluetooth device. Select iPhone and you should be able to hear when you get emails & text messages. Unfortunately, you will have to do this every time your phone connects to Bluetooth.

I'm really glad you posted this trick DAfromNY. It got me thinking and I found a one step easier way (for me anyway) to do it. Once your BT headset (or car stereo, etc.) is connected, double press the home button and flick it twice right (moving to the items to the left). Next to the volume slider, if the rectangle with the triangle is blue, it is sending the sound alerts to a BT connected device. If it is, you can click it right there and quickly switch it. Please note that the button won't even be there if no Bluetooth devices are connected. Last note, you will have to manually change this setting each time your BT device connects :-( Hopefully Apple will add a setting in the BT area where we can default to sound alerts to phone or ... BT connected device. Thanks again DAfromNY!!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I have been trying to figure out this problem for ages and FINALLY found this... until we get the default in BT, I'm okay doing this so I can stop missing everything that comes in when my bluetooth is on.

On iPhone 6 when the screen is locked you can slide up some controls from the bottom. Here you will find the name of your headset on the bottom right. Click on that and it appears you switch your headset connection between A2DP and simple-phone mode (where alerts, notifications and so on are played in the iPhone speakers). I can't say if a similar control is found on iPhone 5 or earlier.

Thank you so much! This was driving me crazy!!!!

Thanks for the help

2017 and this problem still has not been fixed..... apple clearly have been blinded by the dollar signs and no longer care if their products work properly .....