Bluetooth headphones default to low quality headset mode and fail to switch to A2DP when selected
Bug #1845046 reported by
Nicholas Owens
This bug affects 112 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
bluez (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Daniel van Vugt | ||
Eoan |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Daniel van Vugt | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Whenever I turn on my headphones they'll connect to my computer but I'm able to hear the input audio from my microphone and low quality output audio. I have to disconnect the headphones in the bluetooth devices and reconnect for it to fix the problem.
[Test Case]
0. Set up your Bluetooth headphones with Ubuntu.
1. Turn off the headphones.
2. Turn on the headphones.
3. In Settings>Sound verify they have reconnected in A2DP mode (stereo, high quality, no microphone support).
[Regression Potential]
Low. Only the headset code path is affected and the fix has already been released for some time in BlueZ 5.51 onward.
Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Changed in pulseaudio: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
no longer affects: | pulseaudio |
Changed in bluez (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- Bluetooth headphones/speaker default to low quality headset mode and - fails to switch to A2DP when selected + Bluetooth headphones/speaker such as Sony WH-1000XM3 default to low + quality headset mode and fails to switch to A2DP when selected |
Changed in bluez (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-19.12 |
Changed in bluez (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
assignee: | nobody → Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
no longer affects: | gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Bionic) |
no longer affects: | pulseaudio (Ubuntu Bionic) |
no longer affects: | pulseaudio |
no longer affects: | gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Changed in bluez (Ubuntu Eoan): | |
assignee: | nobody → Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
no longer affects: | pulseaudio (Ubuntu Eoan) |
no longer affects: | pulseaudio (Ubuntu Focal) |
summary: |
- Bluetooth headphones/speaker such as Sony WH-1000XM3 default to low - quality headset mode and fails to switch to A2DP when selected + Bluetooth headphones default to low quality headset mode and fails to + switch to A2DP when selected |
summary: |
- Bluetooth headphones default to low quality headset mode and fails to + Bluetooth headphones default to low quality headset mode and fail to switch to A2DP when selected |
description: | updated |
Changed in bluez (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-18.04.4 |
no longer affects: | pulseaudio (Ubuntu) |
tags: |
added: verification-done verification-done-bionic verification-done-eoan removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-eoan |
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It sounds like the main problem here is that it's defaulting to low quality audio mode (which is headset mode with microphone support). And you were expecting high quality audio mode by default.
You can select that manually in:
Settings > Sound > Output > Profile ...