Cannot prevent bluetooth speaker from answering calls

Still no solution to this problem.

my bluetooth speaker is useless with my iphone.

even if i choose (manualy) to route the call to the iphone, every time i enter the speaker range the call is routing automatically to the speaker, and everybody can hear the call. no way to prevent that.

I have the same issue. I play music at my desk through my Bluetooth speaker. While at work I keep my phone on vibrate. When a phone call comes in, it rings and comes through the speaker, very loudly. This makes me jump and everyone else in the office. I would love to figure out how to get the call to skip the speaker and just vibrate through the phone.

Hi three60grab,

If you are having issues with routing call audio when connected to an external Bluetooth speaker, you may find the information in the following article helpful:

Route calls and FaceTime through your iOS device

• Answer a call by tapping the touchscreen.
• During a call, tap Audio Source on your iOS device. Choose your iOS device to hear calls through it, choose Speaker Phone to hear calls through the speakerphone, or choose a connected Bluetooth accessory.
• Turn off Bluetooth.
• Turn off the Bluetooth accessory, or move out of range. You must be within 30 feet of a Bluetooth accessory for it to be connected to your iOS device.

iOS: Third-party Bluetooth accessories - Apple Support

Regards,

- Brenden

So to clarify, when a call comes in and you press "Answer" on your touchscreen, the call is still routed to the Bluetooth speaker, not the receiver on the phone?

Hi three60grab,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Community. Given the nature of the issues you are describing and your current configuration, you may be better served by reaching out to one of Apple's other available resources for more direct assistance - https://getsupport.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action

Regards,

- Brenden

In other words, Apple has no solution to this bone-headed software problem. I just bought a speaker like this and will be exchanging it for one that doesn't have a microphone (which will hopefully "solve" my problem).

I Have the same issue and your solution is garbage. The reason both of us are here is we want our phones to answer through the phone headset every time. There is no option for this, only for automatic, which routs the audio to Bluetooth automatically if ya connected. Make an option to make it rout to phone only. That's is the only solution.

try this, it seems to works for me.

Settings>General>Accessibility>Call Audio Routing>Bluetooth Headset

What if you're not using a headset?

Any solution????

Hi, Do you have actual solution for this issue?????