Cars slow when connecting Bluetooth speaker

[Vroom Vrooms]

Hi All,

I'm an old kid pushing retirement age and love playing Anki Overdrive.  Unfortunately my hearing isn't what it used to be, so I would like to use an external Bluetooth speaker.

Here's the problem: when I connect a Bluetooth speaker the cars and trucks barely move under their own power.  This happens to every single one (I have all the Supercars and Supertrucks).  The other strange problem is when I have a Bluetooth speaker connected, the vehicles will show a depleted battery within a few laps of travelling at a snails pace.  It makes no sense being the vehicles do connect and are fully charged.

I use a Gen 7 Amazon tablet with Fire OS version 5.6 dedicated for only Anki Overdrive.  It's clean with nothing else installed.  Running the standard Anki Overdrive app version 3.0.1 and Fast and Furious version 3.0.1.  Everything works absolutely perfect without a connected Bluetooth speaker.  This problem isn't a show-stopper.  Although I do like to hear the smack talk and revving engines when I race AI Commanders.  And no, I'm not ready to get a hearing aid... yet.

Does anyone else have this weird problem?  Is there a fix or work-around?

Thanks!