diff --git a/NearbyShare/Connection/NearbyConnectionManager.swift b/NearbyShare/Connection/NearbyConnectionManager.swift
index bad9bd9..2e4f807 100644
--- a/NearbyShare/Connection/NearbyConnectionManager.swift
+++ b/NearbyShare/Connection/NearbyConnectionManager.swift
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class NearbyConnectionManager: NSObject, NetServiceDelegate, InboundNearb
 #if os(macOS)
         self.deviceInfo = EndpointInfo(name: Host.current().localizedName ?? "Mac", deviceType: .computer)
 #else
-        self.deviceInfo = EndpointInfo(name: UIDevice.current.marketingName, deviceType: .phone)
+        self.deviceInfo = EndpointInfo(name: UIDevice.current.marketingName.withoutBracketedContent, deviceType: .phone)
 #endif
         
         tcpListener = try! NWListener(using: NWParameters(tls: .none))
diff --git a/NearbyShare/Util/Helpers.swift b/NearbyShare/Util/Helpers.swift
index a0eed2e..6a84270 100644
--- a/NearbyShare/Util/Helpers.swift
+++ b/NearbyShare/Util/Helpers.swift
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ extension Data {
 }
 
 
-extension SymmetricKey{
+extension SymmetricKey {
     func data() -> Data{
         return withUnsafeBytes({return Data(bytes: $0.baseAddress!, count: $0.count)})
     }
@@ -88,6 +88,25 @@ extension String {
         }
         return data
     }
+    
+    var withoutBracketedContent: String {
+        
+        let input = self
+        
+        // Replace any (...) including content inside, multiple times
+        let pattern = #"\([^)]*\)"#
+        let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: [])
+        
+        // Remove all bracketed parts
+        let range = NSRange(location: 0, length: input.utf16.count)
+        var result = regex.stringByReplacingMatches(in: input, options: [], range: range, withTemplate: "")
+        
+        // Remove extra spaces left behind
+        result = result.replacingOccurrences(of: "  ", with: " ") // collapse double spaces
+        result = result.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        
+        return result
+    }
 }