https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/11431/set-device-name-from-ios-appWe are working on a nRF51 device and and corresponding iOS App, and we would like to set the name of the device. The problem is that when connecting with an iPad using BLE, the &quot;Generic Access&quot;-service is not visible. It seems to only be visible fromen-USTelligent Community 13Fri, 05 Feb 2016 08:12:40 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/43110?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Feb 2016 08:12:40 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:ad7b60a1-3ba5-4678-9a6c-8d42ac784cc9Per Helge<p>I guess you are right. That is the only option. Thanks.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/43109?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:52:37 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:53c9fd1b-b453-4094-bcbb-6cbf79f4e118Hung Bui<p>Hi Per, I think you can create a custom service and characteristic for this purpose. So that when you write to this characteristic, the device will update the device name locally. A reconnection may be needed for the iOS device to catch up with the new name.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>