Question about new Bluetooth integration

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I have not used Bluetooth on Home Assistant, but the new integration got me to think about it.
When I did the upgrade to 2022.8, a Bluetooth device was detected:

bt device

I am running HAOS on an Intel NUC i3.

Now what?

I have a few Bluetooth devices around the home, so my questions are:

  1. Is hci0 the Bluetooth device in the NUC?
  2. What do I need to do to get the few Bluetooth devices in my home to be discovered, or is the integration only going to find a select few devices?
  3. Besides my watch and phone, I also have a Bluetooth receiver that lets me send music from my phone to the stereo system. Is the scanning device correct? If I buy something like a BT light or outlet will it be discovered? Any suggestion for a BT light or switch that I could try?
2

Same questions here… Documentation talks only about install of the stick, but nothing on the next steps, when install is successful.

3

Same question too.
Just added this new integration that show me “hci0” but don’t know what to do next…

4

Well I believe you have to put your Bluetooth dongle and Bluetooth device in pairing mode and pair it.

5

Just like that ?
Ok, I’ll try back home but when I do a search (for exemple on my PS4) for bluetooth devices, I always find a lot of devices in my area (without any pairing mode)…

But I’ll try to pair a bluetooth speaker at home and see if it shows in the integration tab.

6

I believe it is. I don’t have bluetooth dongle but I was experiment with one. When I plug it in my comp it went to pairing mode and my tv wanted to pair with it.

7

Ok, thanks for your reply.
I use a NUC with ESXi installed and HA VM.
This NUC has an integrated bluetooth card so I don’t have a bluetooth dongle either.

8

I bought a cheap device on Amazon just to see if my BT integration was working.

It is.

I just pulled the battery tab and within a few seconds, there it was in devices.