Using Phone Link to make calls with PC headphones & Mic

Anonymous
2022-06-16T03:55:21+00:00

I am struggling to get Phone Link on windows 11 to utilise the headset I use for my PC as the speaker and Mic for calls made/received in Phone Link.

All my drivers are up to date, I am using Astro A50s which work for all other aspects of mic/sound (these are wired to base, 2.4ghz wireless, so not bluetooth headset) and a Samsung Galaxy S21.

Sometimes when I receive a call, the phone notes that it is using the PC for bluetooth output, and I can hear the the audio, but the mic doesnt seem to work.

Would love for this to be resolved so I dont need to change headsets everytime I want to go from Zoom call to phone call.

Thanks,

Daniel

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-15T21:37:26+00:00

    You could use your Sony headset if you select that as your default audio device. The problem is that Phone Link will not let you select a device to use, only using whatever you specify as a default device in Windows. Phone link doesn't care what that is.

    What I would like to see is an option in Phone Link to select the preferred audio device to use by Phone Link, just as I can do in Skype, Webex, Zoom, and every other application one can use for communications.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-17T15:29:29+00:00

    Just to clarify your answer I am adding a picture of the Sound Settings that are located in the Control Panel. It has been a while, but I think if you right click on the sound device that is marked, and disconnect, and then double click the device, aka the Sony Headset and then connect. Somehow there is a way to set it to default, just can't remember how off hand.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-17T15:43:17+00:00

    Well, Shamus6564, if I have to stop what I'm doing on the screen, open up Settings', go to Sound, and re-configure my playback device ... I think I'll just pick up my phone.

    My feeling is that software should be helping me, not the other way around.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-17T15:51:56+00:00

    Oh yeah, I agree entirely.

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