How to get notified of incoming calls on mobile phone on laptop

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The reason for this is that my phone will be in vibrate mode, and I almost always forget to switch back to "General" profile after I reach my room from class. Hence I miss a lot of phone calls when the phone is not in my pocket.

When I reach home, my laptop will be always on. So it would be awesome if I get notification of phone calls on my desktop, and if I am AFK, play a ringtone on my laptop.

I want my laptop to present itself as a Bluetooth car audio system to my android phone, and then get notified of incoming calls on my (Arch) linux desktop.
I don't want a solution that involves WiFi or Mobile data.

An app/project called LINCONNECT does this, but via WiFi. But I don't have a WLAN available. That's why I insist on bluetooth, which also takes less toll on the battery.

Is this possible? If so, how? If not, how to make it possible?

Best Answer

You can can use HFP to let the laptop act as bluetooth hands free device and configure such notifications.

From the homepage:

HFP for Linux is a Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile server.

It allows your Linux system to act as a speakerphone for your mobile phone. It aims to be a compliant Bluetooth HFP 1.5 Hands Free implementation, supporting all required commands and notifications, as well as streaming audio.

For your usecase, especially the HFP daemon should be of interest.

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