Device information

Providers can notify a Seeker about device information via the message stream.

Message Group Name Value
Device information event 0x03
Device Information Code Name Value
Model ID 0x01
BLE address updated 0x02
Battery updated 0x03
Remaining battery time 0x04
Active components request 0x05
Active components response 0x06
(Deprecated)Capabilities 0x07
Platform type 0x08
Firmware version 0x09

Model ID

Model ID information (for Retroactively Writing AccountKey) should be sent to the Seeker when RFCOMM connects. For example, 0x03010003AABBCC would be:

  • 0x03: Device information event
  • 0x01: Model ID value
  • 0x0003: Additional data, length 3
  • 0xAABBCC: Additional data, model ID

BLE address

BLE address information (for Retroactively Writing AccountKey) , if available, should also be sent to the Seeker when RFCOMM connects and whenever the address is rotated. For example, 0x03020006AABBCCDDEEFF would be:

  • 0x03: Device information event
  • 0x02: BLE address value
  • 0x0006: Additional data, length 6
  • 0xAABBCCDDEEFF: Additional data, BLE address

Battery updated

For Providers that support battery notifications, battery information can also be sent via RFCOMM. When RFCOMM connects or the battery value changes, an update should be sent. The additional data section of the packet should contain identical data to bytes s + 2, s + 3, s + 4 when advertising battery data over BLE. For example,0x0303000357417F would be:

  • 0x03: Device information event
  • 0x03: Battery value
  • 0x0003: Additional data, length 3
  • 0x57417F: Additional data, battery values
    • 0x57: Left bud value, not charging, 87% battery
    • 0x41: Right bud value, not charging, 65% battery
    • 0x7F: Case value, not charging, unknown battery

Providers can also update remaining battery time (if known), For example, 0x03040001F0 would be:

  • 0x03: Device information event
  • 0x04: Remaining battery time
  • 0x0001: Additional data, length 1 (could be 2 for uint16 if needed.)
  • 0xF0: Additional data, remaining battery time in minutes, 240 minutes

Active components

Seekers may sometimes desire to know which components are currently active, meaning that an action can be taken on them (see Device actions). When the Provider receives a request containing the active components request code (0x05), a response should be returned within 1 second indicating the Provider's current state. The response will use the active components response code (0x06) and contain additional data indicating which components are available.

For a Provider with a single component, the additional data should be set to 0x00 if it is not available. An example of this might be a low power mode where media playback will not be performed. Otherwise, additional data should be set to 0x01.

For headsets with multiple components (for example, a left and right bud), each bit in the additional data represents whether that component is active. An example of an inactive component might be a bud which is in the case and not in use. Specifically for the left and right bud case:

  • 0x00 (0b00000000): Neither bud active
  • 0x01 (0b00000001): Right bud active, left inactive
  • 0x02 (0b00000010): Left bud active, right inactive
  • 0x03 (0b00000011): Both buds active

Platform Type

Providers may want to perform differently based on the platform that they are connected to. Fast Pair is currently only performed through Android, but support may be expanded in the future.

The message will contain a first byte identifying platform type in the additional data:

Platform Name Value
Android 0x01

The second byte will be customized per platform. In Android, it will refer to the SDK version. For example, Android Pie will have a value of 28 (0x1C).

Firmware version

The provider's firmware version as a string in utf-8 encoding. It's the same information as in the Firmware revision characteristic.