Windows 10: Audio playback device disappears when connected via bluetooth

Hi there. I'm trying to connect my recently purchased Nothing Ear 2 wireless earphones. It sets up well when I pair it with bluetooth, but I do not see the device under audio input/output when connected. Can you please help?

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Bluetooth device connected but not recognised as audio device W10

I recently purchased some bluetooth headphones (GLITOBT18). I managed to connect them to my laptop running windows 10.




However, i cant find the device in the playback settings and i therefore cant play audio through the headphones.





I think this may have something to do with the fact that windows is recognising it as a bluetooth headset rather than a speaker? Any help would be massively appreciated!

 

No audio through connected Bluetooth device

I am having problems playing audio from my Windows PC through my Bose Bose AE2 Bluetooth headphones.

1) I have previously connected to these headphones without any issues. The audio was fine

2) at some point, the audio started experiencing distortions and disconnects

3) I can now no longer play any audio through the headphones from the PC

In the Bluetooth and other device settings menu, my headphones are connected. I have also tried un-pairing and re-pairing the device several times. The device manager recognizes the headphones in the bluetooth dropdown menut. In the Sound settings on Windows, my headphones are listed as a playback device, but are listed as disconnected and cannot be connected from that menu. Note: this is different from the bluetooth and other devices menu, which says that I AM connected.

My windows drivers are up to date, I have updated my headphones to the latest drivers as well. My headphones connect without issue to other devices (laptop and cell phone both). I feel as though I have taken all the basic troubleshooting steps and am not getting anywhere.

 

Bluetooth audio device is connected as Voice only

For some reason, windows really wants my bluetooth device to be input only. It doesn't have a microphone tho, as it is my stereo (Teufel Combo 42 with bluetooth dongle).

Here's what i have to do every time i connect it after booting the PC:

* bluetooth devices => remove device

* turn stereo off and back on again (otherwise the device isn't removed from the list)

* connect new device => reconnect the stereo

* it's now detected as both voice and music playback device

* ...but also switches this device to be default for everything

* switch main audio back to my headset

* start playback of music (spotify)

* now i can switch spotify to the stereo. yay.

Honestly, that's like 7 steps too many for this simple task. is there any way to change/persist the configuration of a given bluetooth device? i'd like windows to recognize it as "music" only as soon as i connect it and use it for music (i.e. spotify) playback only, not as main output device.