How to output audio to multiple devices in Windows 11?

It seems that everyone in the thread are using a PC, and some may have dual sound cards, but what I'm trying to to do is play a movie on my Acer Swift Go laptop running Windows 11 Pro, and have audio be heard on two Bluetooth attached headsets (AirPod Pro's and Beats Pro Fits) at the same time. This will allow my wife and I to listen to a movies audio at the same time without having to jump through hoops when we travel.

I can do this on my iPad Pro (both connect and can be separately controlled), but I'm a Windows guy and would like to be able to only have to bring my laptop when we travel.

In Windows 11, I can connect both Bluetooth headsets to my laptop at the same time, but when I go into the 'System==>Sound' control to select where the audio will play, I can only select one device. It would be so nice to be able to select both and have separate volume controls like I do if I use my iPod Pro.

If there is a simple way to do this that I can't find, if so, I'd love to know how. If not, hey Microsoft, why not try catching up to Apple?

It seems that everyone in the thread are using a PC...

You're on a Microsoft website, Captain Obvious.

Looks like you advice was two years ago, and as many have said, that doesn't work.

This is pretty sad that MS is dumbing down the UI and taking away capability. The Sound settings (Win11Pro) let's you do less than the previous versions, and when you get down into the 'advanced' part of the UI (now labeled 'More Sounds Settings', you can see they are still using the same dialog boxes from Windows 7. I would normally say that nothing has changed, they just moved everything around to make it harder to find, but now they are actively taking away some functionality.

Would it be too much to get MS to at least acknowledge the issue, and blow some smoke and tell us when we might see some improvements?

100% Agree. What's wild is even Xbox has this feature. Going from streaming from Xbox to streaming with a dual PC setup and have no way to make this work. Even the stereo mix work around won't work. On Xbox you could output sound through your Wireless headset and HDMI at the same time allowing you to capture game audio on your streaming PC.

Now I have to spend a big chunk of money on additional equipment so I can continue to play games with 3D audio through my headset and output it to my streaming PC, or just go back to Xbox. You'd think this basic function would both exist, and be simple given it is on one Microsoft platform already.

What a bizarre oversight for Windows.

Some of the people on the thread are using desktop/tower still PC's that you can add multiple sound cards, but I'm using a laptop, and adding a second sound card is a little difficult. I clearly stated I'd like to be able to only have to take my laptop when I travel with my wife, and use it to watch a movie while flying, and all of our headphones are wireless (Bluetooth). There is an audio jack on the Swift, but I really don't want to have to go out and buy wired, noise cancelling headphones and an audio splitter (used to use on with some old Bose headset years ago) to do wired because Microsoft wants to be a follower, not a leader.

It was a pain in the butt to use the wired solution because every time someone in our row needed to go to the restroom, you had the grab everything and basically put it away until they got back. With wireless, you just get and let them by. When I heard that Apple allows their users to connect two Apple branded headsets to connect and share audio from some of their recent tablets and laptops, I picked up a cheap iPad to take with us and use it to watch movies. I'd rather not have to bring the iPad when we travel, but until Microsoft or some intrapreneur comes up with a way to share audio wirelessly on a Windows to two or more users at the same time, I'll just have to lug around the Apple iPad.