Teams for Android does not work with Bluetooth.

Anonymous
2022-12-06T00:51:43+00:00

Teams will not recognise Bluetooth headphones when joining calls.

I have tried restarting, clearing cache, clearing storage and reinstalling. I have tried multiple different models of headphones from completely different manufacturers. I have tried different phones.

This is not a user issue. This is an issue with the application. Several posts have been made.

Please fix it.

EDIT: the 'Nearby Devices' permission will fix this issue in most cases. For me, it worked temporarily (for one call) and then reverted to the same issue. However, the issue does now seem to be fixed - I have had consistent success for about 2 months now. I am assuming that a recent update to the app has fixed an issue that was causing this.

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Anonymous
2023-06-14T03:03:30+00:00

Hi Chris,

I had the same problem, and I noticed it was because of the permission setting of TEAMS.

I reinstalled Teams and accepted the "Nearby devices." access and it works now.

Sabrina

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-11T06:56:56+00:00

    I enabled all the permissions that were disabled, just to try.

    But I just checked: enabling "nearby devices" permission back is enough to fix the problem. Location permission is not mandatory.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-11T06:33:30+00:00

    Nearby Devices one can understand as it relates to bluetooth but why location?

    Every app and platform it seems want to track your location. Its time govts started fining companies for surveillance, when users dont want to be under technology watch.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-11T06:16:32+00:00

    That fixed the problem!

    I went into the permission settings for Teams, in Android applications settings.

    Nearby devices and location permissions were disabled.

    I enabled theses permissions, and now Teams can connect to my Bluetooth headset again!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-09T11:24:46+00:00

    I tried an older version of teams and it did not fix the issue, so I suspect now it was the Android update. My phone is running Android 13 now.

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