A total of 5 reviews of this product on Reddit.
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Don’t know why someone downvoted this.. seems like a legit question?
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I found this:
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But not sure if it’s a universal dongle or if it only works with Jabra headsets.
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Steelseries has a similar USB-C to Bluetooth adapter.
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Not sure if you ever found a solution, but I posted about this in the Airpods subreddit. It basically applies to any BT headset in Windows though:
Here’s the contents of that posting for you to read through:
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If you’re tried (and failed) to use your AirPods in Windows 10 especially with the microphones… this post is for you. It can be done.
>SOME BACKGROUND:
Windows is a bit weird with BlueTooth headsets. BT on Windows trips up switching between AD2P for that nice stereo sound and the hands-free profile for the microphone as you may have noticed. There could be a different driver/config monkeying solution to this, but I am not aware of it from my searching.
Adding your wireless earbuds via BlueTooth will setup two devices in Windows when you pair them to Windows (whether AirPods, Sony, Sennheiser, Jabra Elite, whatever… etc) for each of those profiles:
- “Headphones – Johnny’s AirPods STEREO” (uses A2DP for high quality stereo sound)
- “Headset – Jonnny’s AirPods HANDS FREE AUDIO” (uses Hands Free Profile / HSP – mono, low bandwidth, low quality sound which allows the microphone to work)
Using the 1st, the sound is great as you’d find from your phone/tablet – but only ‘speakers’, no microphone. The 2nd option will let you use the microphone, but changes the audio quality to mono and low quality and also disconnects from other devices like your phone to be exclusive to Windows. Not nice.
>A SOLUTION:
Sadly I never found a free solution (if you have one, please do share), but happened to stumble across this as I have some Jabra business /office focused headsets/speakerphones.. so had this adapter laying around:
- I recommend buying the <strong>Jabra Link 370 USB Adapter</strong> ($75 USD, not cheap sadly). You can find it on Amazon, Staples, Jabra’s websites, or even find it much cheaper on Ebay sometimes.
It is unlike a regular Bluetooth adapter in that it will provide high quality sound when using the microphone on your headset. It shows up as a sound card/device and doesn’t take over native BlueTooth in Windows to do this. It also provides exceptional range of ~100ft. Any ol’ regular BlueTooth dongle will sadly default to mono, low quality sound in Windows as you’ve probably experienced when you try to use the hands-free device associated with the mic. Jabra allows for HD Voice over this adapter with any connected headset (doesn’t have to be Jabra). Here are AirPods and Plantronics GO 2 ear buds connected to the 370 Link adapter through Jabra Direct (their software on the PC to manage the dongle):
- <strong>Apple AirPods paired to Jabra Link 370</strong>
<strong>Pairing my old set of Plantronics GO 2 with Jabra Link 370</strong>
Now to the disclaimers: When I pair one of my Jabra headsets within Jabra Direct software – it connects and the drop-down menu changes immediately to show the paired device. With AirPods or my Plantronic Backbeat GO 2 – it doesn’t refresh immediately, but does connect to the headsets a-okay. I can tell by listening to their audible voice guidance when they connect. Closing/re-opening Jabra Direct seems to reflect the connected device afterwards. When powering on these headsets, they connect immediately everytime and all is good. I doubt Jabra would acknowledge this as ‘supported’, but hey – it works, and works very well! I don’t game – so can’t speak to the latency that would be associated with this – and probably wouldn’t be great. But for pure voice purposes, it is awesome!
I hope this helps some of you out there!
If you try this and it works for you – please share your successes. If it doesn’t, please also share your device details so people are warned (if you’re using something other than AIrPods). As Always – YMMV!
>ONLY WANT STEREO SOUND & DON’T CARE ABOUT USING THE MICROPHONE?
When paired to your regular Bluetooth connection, do this:
- Settings
- Devices
Devices and Printers (far right-hand side)
- If you can’t find this, press WINDOWS KEY + R to bring up RUN, then type in CONTROL PRINTERS and click OK to get to the Devices & Printers screen
Find your AirPods “device” and then Right click on your headset & choose Properties (it must be connected, paired & active for you to adjust these settings below)
Click the Services Tab
De-Select/Un-check Handsfree Telephony and hit Apply/OK
You shouldn’t need a restart after this, but worth doing if it doesn’t work right away.
This is a bit of a work-around and doesn’t help you if you want to use it as a true headset in things like games for chat, or via Skype/WebEx/etc. That said, it’ll ensure that your headphones show up as only one device, with quality stereo sound… so you don’t accidentally select the hands-free audio device which produces terrible quality sound.
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Hello – I posted about this issue in the Airpods subreddit, but it really applies to any Bluetooth headset in Windows:
Here is the contents of that posting:
_____________________________________________
If you’re tried (and failed) to use your AirPods in Windows 10 especially with the microphones… this post is for you. It can be done.
>SOME BACKGROUND:
Windows is a bit weird with BlueTooth headsets. BT on Windows trips up switching between AD2P for that nice stereo sound and the hands-free profile for the microphone as you may have noticed. There could be a different driver/config monkeying solution to this, but I am not aware of it from my searching.
Adding your wireless earbuds via BlueTooth will setup two devices in Windows when you pair them to Windows (whether AirPods, Sony, Sennheiser, Jabra Elite, whatever… etc) for each of those profiles:
- “Headphones – Johnny’s AirPods STEREO” (uses A2DP for high quality stereo sound)
- “Headset – Jonnny’s AirPods HANDS FREE AUDIO” (uses Hands Free Profile / HSP – mono, low bandwidth, low quality sound which allows the microphone to work)
Using the 1st, the sound is great as you’d find from your phone/tablet – but only ‘speakers’, no microphone. The 2nd option will let you use the microphone, but changes the audio quality to mono and low quality and also disconnects from other devices like your phone to be exclusive to Windows. Not nice.
>A SOLUTION:
Sadly I never found a free solution (if you have one, please do share), but happened to stumble across this as I have some Jabra business /office focused headsets/speakerphones.. so had this adapter laying around:
- I recommend buying the <strong>Jabra Link 370 USB Adapter</strong> ($75 USD, not cheap sadly). You can find it on Amazon, Staples, Jabra’s websites, or even find it much cheaper on Ebay sometimes.
It is unlike a regular Bluetooth adapter in that it will provide high quality sound when using the microphone on your headset. It shows up as a sound card/device and doesn’t take over native BlueTooth in Windows to do this. It also provides exceptional range of ~100ft. Any ol’ regular BlueTooth dongle will sadly default to mono, low quality sound in Windows as you’ve probably experienced when you try to use the hands-free device associated with the mic. Jabra allows for HD Voice over this adapter with any connected headset (doesn’t have to be Jabra). Here are AirPods and Plantronics GO 2 ear buds connected to the 370 Link adapter through Jabra Direct (their software on the PC to manage the dongle):
- <strong>Apple AirPods paired to Jabra Link 370</strong>
<strong>Pairing my old set of Plantronics GO 2 with Jabra Link 370</strong>
Now to the disclaimers: When I pair one of my Jabra headsets within Jabra Direct software – it connects and the drop-down menu changes immediately to show the paired device. With AirPods or my Plantronic Backbeat GO 2 – it doesn’t refresh immediately, but does connect to the headsets a-okay. I can tell by listening to their audible voice guidance when they connect. Closing/re-opening Jabra Direct seems to reflect the connected device afterwards. When powering on these headsets, they connect immediately everytime and all is good. I doubt Jabra would acknowledge this as ‘supported’, but hey – it works, and works very well! I don’t game – so can’t speak to the latency that would be associated with this – and probably wouldn’t be great. But for pure voice purposes, it is awesome!
I hope this helps some of you out there!
If you try this and it works for you – please share your successes. If it doesn’t, please also share your device details so people are warned (if you’re using something other than AIrPods). As Always – YMMV!
>ONLY WANT STEREO SOUND & DON’T CARE ABOUT USING THE MICROPHONE?
When paired to your regular Bluetooth connection, do this:
- Settings
- Devices
Devices and Printers (far right-hand side)
- If you can’t find this, press WINDOWS KEY + R to bring up RUN, then type in CONTROL PRINTERS and click OK to get to the Devices & Printers screen
Find your AirPods “device” and then Right click on your headset & choose Properties (it must be connected, paired & active for you to adjust these settings below)
Click the Services Tab
De-Select/Un-check Handsfree Telephony and hit Apply/OK
You shouldn’t need a restart after this, but worth doing if it doesn’t work right away.
This is a bit of a work-around and doesn’t help you if you want to use it as a true headset in things like games for chat, or via Skype/WebEx/etc. That said, it’ll ensure that your headphones show up as only one device, with quality stereo sound… so you don’t accidentally select the hands-free audio device which produces terrible quality sound.
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Hello! I posted about this in the Airpods subreddit, as it basically applies to any Bluetooth headset in Windows.
https://www.reddit.com/r/airpods/comments/f7jpj7/using_your_airpods_with_their_microphones_on/
Here’s a snippet of that post:
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If you’re tried (and failed) to use your AirPods in Windows 10 especially with the microphones… this post is for you. It can be done.
>SOME BACKGROUND:
Windows is a bit weird with BlueTooth headsets. BT on Windows trips up switching between AD2P for that nice stereo sound and the hands-free profile for the microphone as you may have noticed. There could be a different driver/config monkeying solution to this, but I am not aware of it from my searching.
Adding your wireless earbuds via BlueTooth will setup two devices in Windows when you pair them to Windows (whether AirPods, Sony, Sennheiser, Jabra Elite, whatever… etc) for each of those profiles:
- “Headphones – Johnny’s AirPods STEREO” (uses A2DP for high quality stereo sound)
- “Headset – Jonnny’s AirPods HANDS FREE AUDIO” (uses Hands Free Profile / HSP – mono, low bandwidth, low quality sound which allows the microphone to work)
Using the 1st, the sound is great as you’d find from your phone/tablet – but only ‘speakers’, no microphone. The 2nd option will let you use the microphone, but changes the audio quality to mono and low quality and also disconnects from other devices like your phone to be exclusive to Windows. Not nice.
>A SOLUTION:
Sadly I never found a free solution (if you have one, please do share), but happened to stumble across this as I have some Jabra business /office focused headsets/speakerphones.. so had this adapter laying around:
- I recommend buying the <strong>Jabra Link 370 USB Adapter</strong> ($75 USD, not cheap sadly). You can find it on Amazon, Staples, Jabra’s websites, or even find it much cheaper on Ebay sometimes.
It is unlike a regular Bluetooth adapter in that it will provide high quality sound when using the microphone on your headset. It shows up as a sound card/device and doesn’t take over native BlueTooth in Windows to do this. It also provides exceptional range of ~100ft. Any ol’ regular BlueTooth dongle will sadly default to mono, low quality sound in Windows as you’ve probably experienced when you try to use the hands-free device associated with the mic. Jabra allows for HD Voice over this adapter with any connected headset (doesn’t have to be Jabra). Here are AirPods and Plantronics GO 2 ear buds connected to the 370 Link adapter through Jabra Direct (their software on the PC to manage the dongle):
- <strong>Apple AirPods paired to Jabra Link 370</strong>
<strong>Pairing my old set of Plantronics GO 2 with Jabra Link 370</strong>
Now to the disclaimers: When I pair one of my Jabra headsets within Jabra Direct software – it connects and the drop-down menu changes immediately to show the paired device. With AirPods or my Plantronic Backbeat GO 2 – it doesn’t refresh immediately, but does connect to the headsets a-okay. I can tell by listening to their audible voice guidance when they connect. Closing/re-opening Jabra Direct seems to reflect the connected device afterwards. When powering on these headsets, they connect immediately everytime and all is good. I doubt Jabra would acknowledge this as ‘supported’, but hey – it works, and works very well! I don’t game – so can’t speak to the latency that would be associated with this – and probably wouldn’t be great. But for pure voice purposes, it is awesome!
I hope this helps some of you out there!
If you try this and it works for you – please share your successes. If it doesn’t, please also share your device details so people are warned (if you’re using something other than AIrPods). As Always – YMMV!
>ONLY WANT STEREO SOUND & DON’T CARE ABOUT USING THE MICROPHONE?
When paired to your regular Bluetooth connection, do this:
- Settings
- Devices
Devices and Printers (far right-hand side)
- If you can’t find this, press WINDOWS KEY + R to bring up RUN, then type in CONTROL PRINTERS and click OK to get to the Devices & Printers screen
Find your AirPods “device” and then Right click on your headset & choose Properties (it must be connected, paired & active for you to adjust these settings below)
Click the Services Tab
De-Select/Un-check Handsfree Telephony and hit Apply/OK
You shouldn’t need a restart after this, but worth doing if it doesn’t work right away.
This is a bit of a work-around and doesn’t help you if you want to use it as a true headset in things like games for chat, or via Skype/WebEx/etc. That said, it’ll ensure that your headphones show up as only one device, with quality stereo sound… so you don’t accidentally select the hands-free audio device which produces terrible quality sound.
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I made a post about this in the Airpods subreddit, but I think it might apply to you:
When paired to Bluetooth in Windows – a headset will be setup as TWO devices:
- Sony WF-1000XM3 STEREO
- Sony WF-1000XM3 HANDS-FREE AUDIO
#1 uses A2DP for high quality Stereo sound and works great, like your phone (though doesn’t provide access to the microphone).
#2 will uses the Hands-free profile and lowers the audio quality so you get full duplex audio… the audio in the speakers of your headphones will also be mono.
>ONLY WANT STEREO SOUND & DON’T CARE ABOUT USING THE MICROPHONE?
When paired to your regular Bluetooth connection, do this:
- Settings
- Devices
Devices and Printers (far right-hand side)
- If you can’t find this, press WINDOWS KEY + R to bring up RUN, then type in CONTROL PRINTERS and click OK to get to the Devices & Printers screen
Find your AirPods “device” and then Right click on your headset & choose Properties (it must be connected, paired & active for you to adjust these settings below)
Click the Services Tab
De-Select/Un-check Handsfree Telephony and hit Apply/OK
You shouldn’t need a restart after this, but worth doing if it doesn’t work right away.
This is a bit of a work-around and doesn’t help you if you want to use it as a true headset in things like games for chat, or via Skype/WebEx/etc. That said, it’ll ensure that your headphones show up as only one device, with quality stereo sound… so you don’t accidentally select the hands-free audio device which produces terrible quality sound.
>A SOLUTION:
Sadly I never found a free solution (if you have one, please do share), but happened to stumble across this as I have some Jabra business /office focused headsets/speakerphones.. so had this adapter laying around:
- I recommend buying the <strong>Jabra Link 370 USB Adapter</strong> ($75 USD, not cheap sadly). You can find it on Amazon, Staples, Jabra’s websites, or even find it much cheaper on Ebay sometimes.
It is unlike a regular Bluetooth adapter in that it will provide high quality sound when using the microphone on your headset. It shows up as a sound card/device and doesn’t take over native BlueTooth in Windows to do this. It also provides exceptional range of ~100ft. Any ol’ regular BlueTooth dongle will sadly default to mono, low quality sound in Windows as you’ve probably experienced when you try to use the hands-free device associated with the mic. Jabra allows for HD Voice over this adapter with any connected headset (doesn’t have to be Jabra). Here are AirPods and Plantronics GO 2 ear buds connected to the 370 Link adapter through Jabra Direct (their software on the PC to manage the dongle):
