Flare+ keep connection alive

My two Flare+ speakers are great and they could replace a basic Sonos or Homepod setup at home. The only problem is they switch off after 30 minutes of silence and each has to be turned on again, even when they’re plugged in and charging.

I get the reasoning behind it, keeping them always on while charging would degrade battery with time. I still would love to have the ability to just keep them powered on, or wake up on music start.

Is there any way to keep the bluetooth connection alive and speakers always on? I use a Mac and an iPhone.

As far I know, NO!

I found out the speakers actually stay on if connected to the Mac and plugged in to their chargers! It’s only with the phone that they disconnect.

Now I wonder if I could get some music server running… maybe an older Mac Mini that I could run Spotify and my iTunes stuff off of, operated remotely via iPhone.