Windows 10: Bad sound quality via bluetooth headphones on windows 11

Similar to many other questions about this problem. But I noticed that everything works fine on my Android phone and on my Linux laptop.Device: "Pixed buds pro" and all other headphones as far as I uderstand.Windows: 11 and 10.Steps to reproduce:1 Run game or play music.2 Run Discord or any other app Whats App, Telegram, ... with voice channels.3 Enter a voice channel or make an audio call.4 Then Windows changes sound quality to bad unbelievably awful on both: game or music and voice chat.Ubuntu 22.04 works fine in this scenario which allows to play games and talk to friends in D

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Bluetooth headphones bad sound quality on windows 11

My WH1000XM4 Sony Bluetooth headphones have bad sound quality when connected to my laptop, compared to other devices such as an iPhone where the sound is fine. This is presumably because of the hands free headset mode. I am unable to disable the hands free setting in windows 11 compared to windows 10 where I could simply fix this issue in the bottom right volume settings.

I have tried searching in device manager, but the hands free device is the only available audio output. The sound quality for this device is also stuck on 16 bit 1600Hz, again because of the hands free device mode.

Thankyou in advance for assistance.

 

BlueTooth Headphones Bad Audio Quality

Hi all ,whenever I use my Bluetooth headphones it is extremely bad quality. It says connected as "voice", I have tried updating drivers it says you have the latest drivers installed. I tried unchecking hands free telephony but when I go to sound settings
my headphones are disabled (It says its connected but no audio). (Lenovo Windows 10 pro).

Thanks in advance for assistance.

 

Iogear GBU521 Bluetooth Don. - Not Headphone Compatible on Windows 10?

Windows 10 version 1903


Short story: Our Iogear GBU521 Bluetooth Dongle was used on a different PC running Windows 7 to connect headphones with good-quality sound. Now, on a Dell Inspiron 580 with Windows 10, we can't get the headphones to work with the same quality anymore.

Depth: All Windows drivers are downloadable on this page of Iogear's website: Product Drivers, Firmware & Software - IOGEAR
However, it appears as though the Windows 8/8.1/10 driver is really designed for 8 and 8.1 and not 10. That I conclude because the file name, "GBU521_GBU421_Win8_Win8.1_BT_v12.0.0.9980.zip", does not mention Windows 10, thus suggesting my bluetooth audio problems to be originating from a driver compatibility issue.

I've fiddled my life away with the following:

• WinKey+R / "control panel" / Devices and Printer / (Insert Headphone Name) Properties / Services
• Start / Settings / Devices / Audio
• Start / Settings / System / Sound / Output / Troubleshoot
• Settings within the Iogear bluetooth devices program, which comes with the driver on the aforementioned driver page.

And have gone through many settings that branch off this list, restarting the computer after each change made. Sometimes it connect with good sound quality, but does not retain this quality after breaking the bluetooth connection (turning the headphones off, restarting PC).

Quick side note: I have a new Microsoft Bluetooth 3600 Mouse connected to this dongle that works completely fine, unlike the headphones.

A solution requires the following results, which goes along the lines of how the bluetooth headphones were connected to this same Iogear dongle on the different PC that had Windows 7:

• The bluetooth headphones play with decent quality
• The volume retains it's setting whenever the bluetooth connection is broken by a PC restart, or powering off/on the headphones (I've encountered configurations where the headphones always resets to maximum volume).
• The bluetooth mouse works fine. This shouldn't be much of a concern at all.

If we find no solutions, I will simply buy a dongle that works with Windows 10.

I can provide screenshots if needed.
Thank-you.