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
    2023-01-31T13:52:07+00:00

    Same issue here with a Pixel 6A. Teams is in a work profile and Nearby devices is turned on. Bluetooth earphones are never detected but work with all other applications.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-02T17:48:55+00:00

    Thank you! I've been working with my work's IT department and they couldn't figure this out.

    Thank you for your help!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-07T17:24:37+00:00

    I had a similar issue on a Samsung Android phone. I found it was an app permission in android app settings, specifically I had to allow "locate nearby devices". This made Bluetooth show up as an audio option in Teams again

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-09T17:44:45+00:00

    Provide permission to nearby device for teams app.

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