Wireless bluetooth headset for computer windows 10#
Wireless bluetooth headset for computer windows#

Wireless bluetooth headset for computer windows#

These are the three devices that will appear when you pair WH-1000XM3 with Windows 10: This is the wrong one, with the exact same name.

This is the dialogue box I'm talking about

Wireless bluetooth headset for computer windows 10#

When you initially pair a WH-1000XM3 with a computer running Windows 10, not one but THREE new audio devices will appear in the Windows 'Sound' settings dialogue box (NOT the 'Sound' tab in the new Windows 10 Settings app it's absolutely insane that Windows 10 has two different settings windows with the exact same name, but that's for another post). By having one application play audio from one playback device and another application playing from the other, the hands-free device also disables the main device.Attempting to capture audio from the Bluetooth microphone (which is also labeled 'hands-free') disables the main playback device, but not the hands-free playback device.The 'Stereo' device is the main high-quality playback device of the headset, while the 'hands-free' device is a lower quality monophonic playback device.The problem comes from an inability to use the two main functions of WH-1000XM3 - high-quality wireless audio, and 2-way voice communication - at the same time on Windows 10: Briefly, WH-1000XM3 installs three (technically 2, see Section II for details) devices when you pair it with a Windows 10 computer. Here is a good summary of the main issue at hand that I found in a reply to this post in the Superuser Stack Exchange Q&A site. Section IV: The Essential Problem with WH-1000XM3 You can see the logic of my theory for itself in the post below, but more importantly, I link to real-world examples of various problems experienced by users, and show how those problems are just various manifestations of this single, essential problem that this post identifies (though surely not for the first time) with WH-1000XM3: the inability to process the two wireless Bluetooth profiles it is equipped with, A2DP and HSP, simultaneously, which in turn prevents us, the users, from enjoying the two main features of WH-1000XM3 - high-fidelity wireless audio, and two-way wireless voice communication - at the same time. I will reference the cause that I believe I've identified out for why WH-1000XM3 exhibits different and changing functionalities when using the wireless Bluetooth function to pair with a phone or Windows 10 computer. This post identifies the single, essential cause of a great many of these issues. There are many problems and issues associated with using WH-1000XM3 as a wireless Bluetooth headset paired with a phone or Windows 10 computer, and they can be found easily all over the internet, scattered across various forums, subreddits, and support pages. Edit : I found a solution! Scroll to the bottom of the post to see.