Bluetooth Speakers (Samsung Soundbar) not working (Apple Silicon M1)

philffm wrote:

Reopening this thread to resolve the issue:

For more than 1 year I kept on unplugging, removing and repairing my soundbar. There is however a way simpler fix around:

Try renaming the Soundbar to something without special characters.

It's weird since it always worked with my Intel MacBooks but seems like the M1 Bluetooth chip has an issue with devices that have special characters.

Interesting post...

I have the same issue with a MS550 soundbar. I got a new macbook version 13.3 and the soundbar keeps disconnecting through bluetooth. I am in a classroom, so I have to keep reconnecting. I did the name change without any special characters and it still disconnects. Sometime it stays connected for 2 minutes and other times 20 seconds. Renaming did not work.