A first Bluetooth audio device paired with a second Bluetooth audio device may coordinate communications between the two BT audio devices. The first Bluetooth audio device may originally communication with the second BT audio device over a first type of Bluetooth connection. When the first Bluetooth audio device determines that the second Bluetooth audio device has left or is close to leaving the range of the first Bluetooth audio device, the first Bluetooth audio device may switch to communicating with the second Bluetooth audio device over a second type of Bluetooth connection or over a wireless mesh network. The first Bluetooth audio device may maintain a Bluetooth connection of the first type with a mobile device regardless of how the first Bluetooth audio device communicates with the second Bluetooth audio device.