Bluetooth Device Control

Sliprail brings paired Bluetooth devices into the launcher, so you can connect or disconnect a known device without first navigating through system settings. Bluetooth is part of the built-in System Commands.

What It Does

The Bluetooth command provides two ways to work with Bluetooth:

• Press Enter on Bluetooth to open the operating system's Bluetooth settings
• Press Space on Bluetooth to load the devices that Sliprail can see
• Connected devices appear first, followed by the remaining devices in name order
• A green circle marks a device whose loaded status is connected, while a white circle marks one whose loaded status is disconnected
• Press Enter on a connected device to request disconnection, or on a disconnected device to request connection

How to Use It

1. Open the Sliprail launcher with your global hotkey
2. Type Bluetooth
3. Press Space to load the device list
4. Select a device with the arrow keys
5. Press Enter to connect or disconnect it according to the displayed status

If you need to pair a new device or change Bluetooth settings, select the main Bluetooth command and press Enter instead.

Supported Platforms and Device Coverage

Bluetooth device control is available in the Sliprail desktop app on Windows and macOS. Sliprail Web does not provide this command.

On Windows, Sliprail lists:

• Paired classic Bluetooth devices that report audio or rendering support
• Paired Bluetooth Low Energy devices

A classic Bluetooth device that is not an audio device and does not also appear as a Bluetooth Low Energy device may be absent from the list.

On macOS, Sliprail reads the connected and not-connected device sections returned by the system's system_profiler Bluetooth report.

Permissions

The macOS app declares Bluetooth access for listing and connecting paired devices. macOS may ask you to allow that access. If access is blocked or the system query fails, the device list can be empty and connect or disconnect requests can fail.

On Windows, Sliprail uses the operating system's Bluetooth APIs. The Bluetooth command does not request administrator elevation.

Limits and Expected Behavior

• Sliprail works with devices already known to the operating system. It does not discover, pair, or unpair devices
• Sliprail does not turn the Bluetooth radio on or off. Use the system Bluetooth settings for that
• A connection or disconnection request can fail because of the device, its driver, its current availability, or the operating system
• The displayed indicator is the status returned when the list was loaded. Load the list again to retrieve the current status
• An empty list can mean that no supported paired devices were found or that the operating system did not return device information