diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ef8e0f2d7..d50e00959 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@
       <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.bluetooth.adapter.action.STATE_CHANGED" />
       </intent-filter>
+      <intent-filter>
+        <action android:name="org.eehouse.android.ACTION_STOP_BT" />
+      </intent-filter>
     </receiver>
 
     <receiver android:name="SMSReceiver" >
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTReceiver.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTReceiver.java
index 19b21e6a9..c010b62ad 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTReceiver.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTReceiver.java
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ import android.content.Intent;
 public class BTReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
     private static final String TAG = BTReceiver.class.getSimpleName();
 
+    // This string is also used in AndroidManifest (as a string literal)
+    static final String ACTION_STOP_BT = "org.eehouse.android.ACTION_STOP_BT";
+
     @Override
     public void onReceive( Context context, Intent intent )
     {
@@ -37,9 +40,14 @@ public class BTReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
             Log.d( TAG, "BTReceiver.onReceive(action=%s, intent=%s)",
                    action, intent.toString() );
 
-            if ( action.equals( BluetoothDevice.ACTION_ACL_CONNECTED ) ) {
+            switch (action ) {
+            case ACTION_STOP_BT:
+                BTService.stopBackground( context );
+                break;
+            case BluetoothDevice.ACTION_ACL_CONNECTED:
                 BTService.onACLConnected( context );
-            } else if ( action.equals( BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_STATE_CHANGED ) ) {
+                break;
+            case BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_STATE_CHANGED:
                 int newState =
                     intent.getIntExtra( BluetoothAdapter.EXTRA_STATE, -1 );
                 switch ( newState ) {
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTService.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTService.java
index 4b984958a..db2ecb329 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTService.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/BTService.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class BTService extends XWService {
     private static final String BOGUS_MARSHMALLOW_ADDR = "02:00:00:00:00:00";
     private static final String KEY_KEEPALIVE_UNTIL_SECS = "keep_secs";
     // half minute for testing; maybe 15 on ship? Or make it a debug config.
-    private static int DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_SECONDS = 30;
+    private static int DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_SECONDS = 15 * 60;
 
     private static final long RESEND_TIMEOUT = 5; // seconds
     private static final int MAX_SEND_FAIL = 3;
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public class BTService extends XWService {
     private static final int BT_PROTO = BT_PROTO_JSONS; // change in a release or two
 
     private enum BTAction { _NONE,
+                            CANCEL_SERVICE,
                             START_FOREGROUND,
                             START_BACKGROUND,
                             SCAN,
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ public class BTService extends XWService {
             startService( context,
                           getIntentTo( context,
                                        inForeground ? BTAction.START_FOREGROUND
-                                       : BTAction.START_BACKGROUND ) );;
+                                       : BTAction.START_BACKGROUND ) );
         }
     }
 
@@ -299,6 +300,12 @@ public class BTService extends XWService {
         BTListenerThread.startYourself( context );
     }
 
+    public static void stopBackground( Context context )
+    {
+        startService( context,
+                      getIntentTo( context, BTAction.CANCEL_SERVICE ) );
+    }
+
     public static void radioChanged( Context context, boolean cameOn )
     {
         Intent intent = getIntentTo( context, BTAction.RADIO );
@@ -471,6 +478,7 @@ public class BTService extends XWService {
                 BTAction cmd = BTAction.values()[ordinal];
                 Log.i( TAG, "handleCommand; cmd=%s", cmd.toString() );
                 switch( cmd ) {
+                case CANCEL_SERVICE:
                 case START_FOREGROUND:
                     stopForeground( true ); // Kill the notification
                     break;
@@ -563,11 +571,19 @@ public class BTService extends XWService {
                 PendingIntent pendIntent = PendingIntent
                     .getActivity( this, Utils.nextRandomInt(), notifIntent,
                                   PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT );
+
+                Intent stopIntent = new Intent(this, BTReceiver.class);
+                stopIntent.setAction( BTReceiver.ACTION_STOP_BT );
+                PendingIntent stopPI =
+                    PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, stopIntent, 0);
+
                 m_notification =
                     new NotificationCompat.Builder( this, Utils.getChannelId(this) )
                     .setSmallIcon( R.drawable.notify_btservice )
                     .setContentText( getString(R.string.bkng_notify_text) )
                     .setContentIntent( pendIntent )
+                    .addAction( R.drawable.notify_btservice,
+                                getString(R.string.bkng_stop_text), stopPI )
                     .build();
             }
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GamesListDelegate.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GamesListDelegate.java
index 1079a8afd..54f5d533e 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GamesListDelegate.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GamesListDelegate.java
@@ -2270,8 +2270,7 @@ public class GamesListDelegate extends ListDelegateBase
     private void tryBackgroundIntent( Intent intent )
     {
         if ( intent.getBooleanExtra( BACKGROUND_EXTRA, false ) ) {
-            makeNotAgainBuilder( R.string.not_again_btservice,
-                                 R.string.key_notagain_btservice )
+            makeOkOnlyBuilder( R.string.btservice_expl )
                 .show();
         }
     }
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml
index 389e79ddb..ecf62b8ed 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@
   <string name="key_invite_multi">key_invite_multi</string>
   <string name="key_na_rematch_two_only">key_notagain_rematch_two_only</string>
   <string name="key_notagain_dfltname">key_notagain_dfltname</string>
-  <string name="key_notagain_btservice">key_notagain_btservice</string>
-
   <string name="key_na_comms_bt">key_na_comms_bt</string>
   <string name="key_na_comms_p2p">key_na_comms_p2p</string>
   <string name="key_na_comms_sms">key_na_comms_sms</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 448076ff7..c7b7660ae 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -2030,6 +2030,7 @@
     <string name="summary_enable_p2p">Experimental, uses lots of battery</string>
 
     <string name="bkng_notify_text">Accepting Bluetooth messages…</string>
+    <string name="bkng_stop_text">Stop</string>
 
     <!--  -->
     <string name="confirm_sms_title">Confirm your SMS plan</string>
@@ -2646,13 +2647,11 @@
   player name \"%1$s\". Would you like to personalize with your own
   name before you create this game?</string>
 
-  <string name="not_again_btservice">This notification is present
-  whenever CrossWords is ready to receive Bluetooth messages in the
-  background. This readiness has a slight impact on battery. If you
-  don\'t want to listen in the background disable the \"Enable
-  Background Listener\" preference. CrossWords will still receive
-  Bluetooth moves and invitations while in the foreground, but any
-  sent while it\'s in the background will be lost.</string>
+  <string name="btservice_expl">This notification is present whenever
+  CrossWords is running in the background to accept Bluetooth messages.
+  Because messages come in clusters, it usually runs for
+  about 15 minutes after the last message is received.
+  </string>
 
   <string name="no_invites">This game has sent no invitations</string>