Why is Windows 10 Bluetooth so so so bad ?

I have to re-pair my xbox controller EVERY time i want to use it on Win 11, was also like this on Win 10. It just wont connect normally, it works perfectly fine anywhere else, from my tablet, to phone to xbox. I went so far as to buy a DualSense controller and DSX on Steam. I wholeheartedly recommend getting the DualSense and DSX program, even the haptic feedback works(which i can customize to no end) and i can change colorways and all kinds of nice stuff. It evens connect without me having to re-pair and reconfigure every time! :)

Solution for me in regards to Windows scuffed BT with Xbox controller: Buy Playstation Controller and DSX program instead.

Agreed. Not to mention bluetooth is a standard. Devices can expect it to work the same way every time just like 802.11n. While there are multiple devices that use bluetooth, they all use it the same way so Windows should get onboard. Even my dang xbox controller is a pain to connect to Windows.

My Samsung phone connects to multiple bluetooth devices flawlessly and automatically.

Assumption:

It's bluetooth that is too complicated and windows just can not handle the amount of possible variations in device connection patterns. It's not Windows fault, it's bluetooth.

How to disprove:

Start Ubuntu and look at the Bluetooth connectivity there. No problems with an operationg system that has a much smaller budget. Even open source software works better than Windows closed binaries.

Microsoft probably has some stock in Bluetooth adapters. I have tried absolutely everything to get my bluetooth back after latest Windows update. Nothing. These employees just push updates because they need something to keep them employed. I have only used this computer, Dell, a few months, and now I have to buy an external adapter. I wish these people would actually do something beneficial or useful, but that won't happen.

Domi3564

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