windows 11 does not recognize my bluetooth speaker as an audio device

Thanks a lot for sharing this. This enabled audio output. Mic still doesn't show. I'm using a boat bluetooth headset with lenovo windows 11 laptop.

* Open up a Windows Explorer window and paste this in the search bar Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers and press enter

* Click Devices

* Scroll to bottom of page and click More devices and printer settings

* Find the Bluetooth audio device that is not showing up as an audio output

* Right click on the device and select Properties

* Click the Services tab of the device's properties

* In the list of Bluetooth Services, if you see Handsfree Telephony enabled, disable it and click OK

You might need to play around with disabling other services (maybe Audio Sink) if that doesn't work, but Windows is generally a steaming turd so YMMV.

THIs is hopeless. Very little of what you suggest is apparent or acessable.

W11 the worst operating system ever cannot even run Bluetooth without massive complications.

I'll never buy another MS device again... NEVER

I spent last 3 days looking through the net to find an answer for that... In short - my bluetooth device was connecting to PC, it was visible under Bluetooth devices as connected, with the green dot and all that, but it wasn't listed as an Audio Output device, and it was not possible to "Enable" it in the oldschool audio "playback and input" menu. I have bought new soundbar, because i thought something broke with my previous BT speakers (although those were working absolutely fine with both Android and Apple devices)... Nevertheless, try this:

Go to Settings -> Bluetooth and devices -> (all the way down) More devices and printer setting

Your BT audio output device (soundbar, headphones etc) should be listed there. Right click on it -> Properties -> Hardware tab

In there click on the line which contain "AVRCP" mentioned somewhere within (might need to enlarge column to see it) -> click Properties

In the "general tab" of this new window click -> Change settings

Go to "Driver tab" and choose -> update Driver, then -> Browse my computer for drivers -> Let me pick from a list of available drivers -> AND THEN, choose this exact one -> "Microsoft Bluetooth AVRCP Transport Driver.

Reconnect the device if needed.

It takes around 2 minutes to do all this, hopefully this helps!

Worked for me.

This finally solved it. Thank you!

this worked like a charm! Thank you

This worked. I had to reconnect the JBL speaker to get it back to the high quality sound. Thanks for posting this.