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I am looking to be able to scan bluetooth addresses around me, and then get info on the devices from the address (i.e. if its a phone/speaker, or maybe if there is a public registry of device addresses).

I found https://www.macvendorlookup.com/, but when I put my phone's bluetooth address I get 'Bluberi Gaming Technologies Inc', which as far as I can find has nothing to do with my phone.

How can I get accurate info on a device from the Bluetooth address?

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  • Yes, you can get the device type by its MAC. For classic Bluetooth devices look for Class Of Device (COD) values. For LE devices look for LE Appearance values.
    – Mike Petrichenko
    Commented Oct 6, 2023 at 8:19
  • It looks like you got info, you just didn't get the info you expected. So, I'm not sure how to answer your question.
    – schroeder ♦
    Commented Oct 6, 2023 at 8:28
  • @schroeder It doesn't seem to be correct - so I am wondering how to get correct info on the device.
    – Kovy Jacob
    Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 0:45
  • Right, that's what I said. You've asked for how to get info, but you've got it. You want to know why this info is incorrect. That's an easier problem to look up: security.stackexchange.com/questions/200474/…
    – schroeder ♦
    Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 7:57
  • Short answer: you can't. Your phone randomises its address.
    – schroeder ♦
    Commented Nov 5, 2023 at 13:24

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If you want to get information solely from the mac-address, the information in the MAC-vendor table is what you get.

If you want to scan what is around you and get a bit more info, then (on Linux), you could do:

bluetoothctl scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller 7C:B2:7D:86:E1:CD Discovering: yes
^Z
[2]+  Stopped                 bluetoothctl scan on

$ bg
$bluetoothctl devices
Device 50:C2:53:CE:25:2E Jabra Evolve2 Buds
Device F0:51:76:16:25:53 Alcatel 1SE
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