Windows 10: Bluetooth Speaker Connected But Doesnt Appear as Output Device and YES I reinstalled...

So with Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 13 9350, I got a JBL Flip Bluetooth speaker. It hooks up, works fine, but at some point, the two stop connecting. At first, I could only get it to work as a headset terrible sound but then reinstalled drivers and got it to work as an external speaker. It has worked fine, but after a while, it will connect, but I cannot change to use it as a speaker. That is, if I open SOUND SETTINGS it does not appear on the CHOOSE YOUR OUTPUT DEVICE pull down. But it says that it is connected, and it is connected as an external speaker without a display screen. The computer has had this trouble with other bluetooth speakers, and my phone has no trouble connecting to the Flip and staying connected. I have reinstalled the drivers, restarted, disabled the LE enumerator, and here's the thing: if I walk through several things, and restart, eventually it will work for a while, until the computer sleeps or hibernates or otherwise the connection is stopped, and then it's back to the way it was. So my problem isnt getting it to work, it's keeping it working so that I dont spend 15 minutes each time I want to use it! Thanks!

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Bluetooth Device Connected But Doesn't Appear As Audio Output

I have a Insignia NS-SB216 soundbar. This morning it was connected and working fine. Then for whatever reason my PC crashed and I had to restart. Now the soundbar is connected but it doesn't appear as a sound output device so I have no sound. How can it
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Can't select paired bluetooth speaker as sound output (Windows 10)

I just got a new bluetooth speaker, an Urbanears Stammen (concrete grey)

I can connect to it from my phone, using Bluetooth, and play back sound no problem. But I can't get my Windows 10 laptop (Dell XPS 15) to use it as a playback device.

I can connect and pair to it no problem, as you see in the screenshot below





It also shows up under bluetooth in the device manager. It's not listed under "Audio inputs and outputs", which I thought it should be, but I can see it under "Sound, video and game controllers".





But I can't select it as a playback device





I found this relevant superuser question: Windows 10 computer paired w/ bluetooth speaker, but doesn't send music to speaker

And I tried the suggested steps listed there, but nothing helped

Any further ideas I could try?

 

Adding an output device

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Have you made any changes on your pc prior to this issue?
2. What is the make and model of the Bluetooth Speaker?
3. Since when are you facing this issue?

I suggest you to follow the methods mentioned below, to fix issues with Bluetooth speaker and check if that helps.

Method 1: Try the following steps, to add and use Bluetooth device on your computer.
Refer the following article for steps to connect Bluetooth device.

Method 2: Set Bluetooth speaker as
Default Playback device. Refer the following article under
set default device and check if that helps.

Method 3: If you are still facing issues with getting audio output from your Bluetooth speaker, you can try the following troubleshooting steps to
fix Bluetooth problems
on your pc.

Reply with the information, so that we can help you fix your issue.

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking, Yes or No.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator