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
    2021-05-05T04:36:23+00:00

    Same problems here. Bluetooth loses connection even if i dont leave the room. Same headset on my Iphone can be used in any room of the house. I have used 3 different Bluetooth dongles, 3 headsets and always the same issues.  It's not as if bluetooth is new and nobody knows how to write code for it.

    To rub salt into the wound this weeks Windows 10 upadate overwrote the drivers for my Realtek Audio. New MS Driver had no Stereo mix. Might not seem much but almost all of mr SDR Radio software uses Stereo Mix to send the Audio out.I wil just run around the web and find realtek drivers again. Why will they never learn to stop fixing things that are not broken.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-05-13T23:33:12+00:00

    Typical MS Fanboy bull. 

    the THEORY. The FLOWCHART, of windows 10 bluetooth UX is drop dead simple.

    So simple in fact that they never managed to get it to work in most cases.

    Again, let me walk you through the DROP DEAD SIMPLE steps of troubleshooting!

    Isolate the problem. This requires you to have a few devices to shuffle things around. So we isolate the problem by trying different combinations of devices, adapters, operating systems, etc. In my own house I have 2 windows 10 PCs, Samsung Galaxy S6 phone, Samsung Galaxy Tab A, all of these devices have their own built-in bluetooth adapters. I also have an ASUS BT-400 USB adapter. I have a skullcandy Sesh BT earbud set, and a SENSO bluetooth headset. This gives me pretty much everything I need to test.

    Connect SENSO to PC2 via Onboard = Failure - problem could be with SENSO, Onboard adapter, PC, or Windows.

    Connect SENSO to PC2 via ASUS = Failure - problem is unlikely to be with the onboard adapter. Could be with SENSO, PC, or Windows.

    Connect SENSO to PC1 via ASUS = Failure - Problem is unlikely to be PC, onboard, or asus adapter. Could be with SENSO or Windows.

    Connect SENSO to S6 via onboard = Success - crystal clear audio. Problem is unlikely to be SENSO. Could be Windows.

    Connect SESH to PC2 via Onboard = Failure. Problem could be SESH or PC2.

    Connect SESH to PC1 via ASUS = Failure. Problem could be SESH or PC1 or ASUS adapter.

    Connect SESH to PC2 via ASUS = Failure. Problem could be SESH or PC2, unlikely asus adapter (since problem already exists with the same hardware but an onboard adapter)

    Connect SESH to S6 via onboard = Success! Crystal clear audio! Rules out the problem being Sesh

    See how this works? We rule out the sesh by getting crystal clear audio in another device. We rule out the adapter because the problem persists even with other adapters. We rule out the tower's hardware by swapping tower hardwares. And a previous user here has even used all the exact same hardware and switched only the operating system from Windows to linux. With EVERY ELEMENT OF HARDWARE COMPLETELY IDENTICAL windows fails the connection and Linux operates seamlessly. 

    This is science.

    "Well mine works fine."

    This is an anecdote. 

    Troubleshooting is not always about -you- until you have had the problem, and solved it, your input is very rarely helpful, and only serves to insult, degrade, and cover up an actual problem that many people are having. Replies like yours make people who have legitimate problems NOT SEEK HELP. 

    So with all due respect, which is none, shut your hole until you do some actual research beyond "well I never had the problem so you must be an idiot."

    TLDR; Yeah me too, and I really need a solution that doesn't involve windows being junked.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-08T21:38:50+00:00

    09.06.20021 Windows 10 I still have all those issues with Bluetooth... It should be fixed as soon as possible

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-06-15T11:17:56+00:00

    I would like to also add my frustration to the table. Hopefully Microsoft actually pay attention to this thread.

    Simply trying to connect my Bluetooth headphones with built in mic to windows for some gaming. I have no interest in buying a dedicated gaming headset.

    You can imagine my surprise when find something that Apple and Google have made so simple, so incredibly convoluted and complicated on windows. The amount of times I wanted to throw my computer just to get the headphones and mic working at the same time only to find the sound quality gets destroyed. What an absolute mess. How can anyone claim Windows to be an advanced OS if it can't even handle a bluetooth headset, let alone proper colour management.

    Microsoft this what you call an operating system is an absolute joke. Mac OS far superior, at least Mac supports headsets properly.

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