Windows 10: I can't get my EU Boom bluetooth speaker to pair with my laptop.

I can not get my laptop to pair with my EU Boom Bluetooth speaker. When I go to settings on my laptop it wont show up as a device to pair with.

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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?

 

Pairing New Bluetooth Speaker BREAKS pairing w/ old BT speaker

The discussion has EXACTLY the same scenario, as described here --

"My symptoms:
- Previously working bluetooth speaker (UE BOOM 2 in my case) stops connecting
- Windows 10 'Bluetooth and other devices' menu shows the device as Paired
- Pressing connect makes it attempt to connect but fails then it goes back to Paired
- Remove device hides the device from the menu, but as soon as you turn bluetooth on and off, or restart the computer, the device comes back
- You pull your hair out."

So there's hope.

(I wonder if that person did what I did first. That they paired a different speaker. The un-paired it. And the hidden issue is that it actually doesn't unpair at all but create a conflict. That's where my hunch is.)

 

MY LAPTOP IS NOT PAIRING WITH BLUETOOTH SPEAKER

MY LAPTOP IS NOT PAIRING WITH BLUETOOTH SPEAKER