Windows 10: Audio outputs/playback not switching from headphones to speakers and vice versa.

I have been having a problem with the audio not switching whenever I plug my headphones in or take them out. It used to work before where I plugged my headphones in and the audio from the speakers would automatically switch but now, I have no clue what caused this issue. Now due to this issue, I have to manually switch the playback device everytime I unplug or plug my headphones. I don't recall tampering with anything before hand.OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045 System Model B550 AORUS PRO V2 This is something who also posted the same problem in reddit if this he

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Audio doesn't automatically switch between headphones and laptop speaker output

Not sure when or why this happened, but my Surface Laptop running Windows 10 no longer automatically switches between audio output sources (headphones and built-in Surface Laptop speakers). If I have sound playing and no headphones plugged in, the sound
will continue to play through the Laptop after plugging in the headphones. The Laptop is recognizing the headphones, because I can right click the sound icon in the tray and select "Headphones", and the audio then switches. And vice versa.

I've already tried uninstalling and updating the audio driver (Realtek High Definition Audio), running the audio troubleshooter, and disabling the driver and re-enabling, none of which have solved the issue.

 

Audio does not automatically switch from speakers to headphones and vice versa, in certain programs/apps on the Surface Book

Hi,

I just recently purchased a Surface Book (i5, 256GB) and it doesn't automatically switch the audio from speakers to headphones (and vice versa) in certain programs/apps like Netflix, Vudu, Ableton, NI Maschine etc.. However, the auto. audio switching works
fine in Windows Explorer, and the media player.

It seems like every time I want to get audio through the headphones while using one of the programs/apps (mentioned above), I need to restart the program/app with the headphones plugged in. Then, if I unplug the headphones there is no sound at all, not even
through the speakers.

How can I fix this?

 

Sound switch from laptop speakers to headphones.

click on the speaker icon (bottom right by the clock)

then click on the up arrow, to display the list of playback devices.

if you headphones are in the list click on them to switch sound output.