Why is Windows 10 Bluetooth so so so bad ?

Anonymous
2020-03-30T19:38:06+00:00

I am sick of connecting through Bluetooth on my Windows 10

  1. Disconnects automatically randomly
  2. Bluetooth is on but can't connect to the device because it tells that your bluetooth is off.
  3. Devices appear when bluetooth is toggled off, disappear when toggled on.
  4. Nothing happens no matter what you try. The only solution is to restart your device.
  5. After restarting, works for some time. Then randomly ... (please start from point 1 again).

I am so sick of this happening everytime. How can it be so bad? Is Microsoft doing absolutely nothing to fix this.

It makes me want to throw my laptop and pull out my hair. Then I remember, how stupid of me. This has got to do with my Windows, software. How will throwing my laptop help. And then I remember again; if it's a software - it can be fixed! Fix it please!! You made such a huge operating system, you can maybe fix a bluetooth.

PS - I'll check this thread later. I need to restart my system again, need to connect to bluetooth

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-07T15:54:00+00:00

    After updating itself. I have lost my Bluetooth entirely. As above it's disappointing when a supposedly top company can't seem to make a programme that works efficiently. I was much better with Vista, at least things worked. They bring out these new operating systems and they seem to get worse.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-07T15:42:24+00:00

    I am about ready to see if bluetooth is better on linux. I have NEVER gotten bluetooth to work reliably with window 10. And that's with two differnt devices, two differnt bluetooth dongles, and two different computers. The OS is the only common denominator. 

    I've just done that and it is day and night.  I couldn't believe that natively on Windows my headphone range was 3x shorter than the one I got on Ubuntu(via VIRTUALBOX!!!!!!). The connection was much more stable and compared to Win drivers(Intel device), after returning from poor reception zone, the Bluetooth remained to play well with good audio quality. On Windows it becomes terrible and you have to reconnect to get to the default quality levels.

    And don't get me started about the mic. It is hard to believe how bad is the Bluetooth management on Win.

    Even on mobile phones, it is working around 100x better.

    I'm so sick and tired of Windows that I'm finally thinking about switching to Mac

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-21T14:34:44+00:00

    I am about ready to see if bluetooth is better on linux.

    On the Arch kernel at least, the bluetooth audio works really well with pulseaudio. The computer scans every few seconds for paired devices, so as long as you don't have a bazillion of them, you should be good.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-08T17:59:45+00:00

    I am about ready to see if bluetooth is better on linux. I have NEVER gotten bluetooth to work reliably with window 10. And that's with two differnt devices, two differnt bluetooth dongles, and two different computers. The OS is the only common denominator.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-07-24T08:11:26+00:00

    I have to agree.

    I have some Sony WH-1000XM3 Bluetooth headphones.  If I'm using them on IOS, or Mac OS the connection is totally solid & reconnection is reliable.  The story in Windows 10 however isn't the same.

    Whether they decide to connect is totally hit & miss.  Then, if you don't use them immediately, they start randomly disconnecting and re-connecting.  

    Also, when gaming - you sometimes get severe sound stuttering, which means you have to exit,  disconnect and re-connect the headphones or remove them and start again.  This fixes the issue for a time.  It's totally random though.

    It's also a total pain that when you connect the headphones, you get two different playback options:

    1. Headphones Stereo
    2. Headphones (Hands Free Audio)

    If you want to talk to anyone on teams, skype or whatever, you need to remember to switch your playback device to option 2.  WHY?   also, if you leave it on this setting, this massively reduces sound quality for listening to audio, so you spend most of the day messing about switching between the two settings, which is bad enough, but it's just not reliable.

    I have a new PC, fresh install on Windows and all drivers have been updated + have tried removing and adding them back on many times.  Given how many complaints I've read about Bluetooth on Windows, I can only assume there are on-going issues with the stability.

    good luck with anyone reading this getting it sorted + if you have any tips to fix this, please share :)

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