Windows 10: How can I prevent Windows 11 from interrupting my Galaxy S22 Bluetooth headphone connection?

My Bluetooth headphones both Bose QC2 and Galaxy ProBuds2 disconnect from my Galaxy S22 when I'm logged into my Windows 11 PC. It seems as though Windows is overriding my Android Bluetooth connection. How can I prevent this from happening?

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Headphones will successfully connect to laptop via bluetooth, but do not latch on as an audio device in the device manager

I am having a bizarre issue with my Samsung Galaxy Buds Live. They are not latching onto my computer as an audio device. They will pair to the computer just fine, but windows refuses to acknowledge it as an audio device and I am unsure as to why that may be.

Troubleshooting steps I have already attempted, with no dice:

• Removing it as a device and re-pairing
  
• Forcefully removing it from the device manager, and re-pairing
  
• Uninstalling Bluetooth driver, and all other bluetooth devices, then reinstalling Bluetooth driver and re-pairing headphones.
  
• Uninstalling Bluetooth driver, and attempting to re-pair using the provided "Windows Generic Driver"
  
• Resetting the Earbuds themselves through the Samsung Wearables app on my phone.
  
• Updating ALL drivers on the laptop, including Bluetooth, again- for kicks and giggles.
  
• Attempting to disable the headphones within windows and run the windows sound troubleshooter
  

This is not an issue with the headphones as they work not only on my Samsung S22, but my desktop Windows 11 22H2 PC as well.

It should be noted that the laptop will connect to my Soundcore Life Q30 Bluetooth headphones just fine, but refuse to work with the Galaxy Buds.

This has been a real headache as these headphones in particular HAVE worked in the past on this same laptop with no hardware changes. The only notable change as of recently is the microsoft-forced upgrade to Windows 11 22H2...

 

bluetooth headphones

setting up win10 Bluetooth and my Bluetooth headphones work fine ,but every time I reconnect the headphones I have to delete them from Bluetooth settings and let win10 pickup the headphones again ,before they will pair ,then win10 want to reboot to add the headphones ,I reboot and they work fine ,but next time I plug the headphone in again they will not pair ,don't even get an option to pair till I delete the head phones from the list ,, any suggestions ,, thank

 

Windows 10 Bluetooth pairs with Galaxy S8 but will not connect

Hi Tanner Greenwald,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



In order to isolate to the root cause of this issue and assist you with appropriate troubleshooting steps, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

1. Are you aware of any changes made to this computer prior to the issue?
   
2. Are you able to connect your Samsung Galaxy S8 with other devices?
   
3. Are you able to connect other Bluetooth devices to your Windows 10 computer?
   

Meanwhile, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned in Fix Bluetooth problems in
Windows 10 and Can't connect a bluetooth device to the phone or tablet
and check if you are able to connect your Samsung Galaxy S8 with your Windows 10 computer.



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