Windows 10: why does the sound quality drop when i switch the audio input device to my headphone

Hello, when i try and use my headphone's microphone on a video game or discord i havent had a need to use it elsewhere, the sound quality becomes terrible. It's only when i try and use the built in microphone to the laptop that the sound quality isnt awful, however, the mic quality on the compuer is also terrible and my friends cant understand what im trying to say. i've tried troubleshooting, and ive also tried using different headphones and im just tryna play Fortnite with my friends but the sound makes it unbearable. It happens anytime i switch the audio input device to my headphone's mi

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Switch from headphones input audio to on-board input audio

I have headphones that play sound just fine but have broken mic so i cant talk to team mates when playing games. the on-board audio works fine when my headphones are not connected so i was wondering is there a way to make windows use on-board input instead
of headphones? i already know how to switch input device through control panel sound settings but the mic of headphones does not show up because the input is just switched to it by default and there is no way to change it to on-board audio through there.(they
are displayed as the same device)

 

My laptop microphone isn't detected as an audio input device when I plug in headphones.

I have been using a pair of bluetooth headphones for the past couple of weeks with my laptop. I use the audio output of the headphones along with my laptop's built in microphone as it is better quality. Today however, windows stopped recognizing my laptop microphone as an audio input while my headphones are connected. I am able to use the microphone whenever the headphones are not connected. My microphone input is listed as "Microphone Array (AMD Audio Device)" and remains listed while the headphones are connected, but produces no sound and is not detected by programs like Sound Recorder.

It was working fine until I attempted to disable "Handsfree Telephony" to stop the audio quality from lowering. After I re-enabled this setting, I ran into the issue.

 

Bluetooth headphones drop in audio quality when running a game

I predominantly use my Skullcandy Hesh ANC headphones on my gaming desktop with Windows 11. For the most part, they work just as well with same quality audio as I had with Windows 10. That is, until I launch a game. Every game I've tried this with, including but not limited to Modern Warfare, Doom Eternal, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla, results in the same issue.

I'm watching a youtube video in Chrome, and the audio sounds perfectly normal, as expected. But as soon as I launch Modern Warfare, the quality drops, and it the audio from the youtube video sounds like it's being played through a phone call. The audio quality returns only after I quit the game. I also experience a similar issue when I launch Discord, but only briefly, and then the audio quality reverts back to normal after a few seconds.

I know that on Windows 10, there are two separate outputs for my headphones that I can switch between. One labeled "Headphones (Hesh ANC)" and "Headset (Hesh ANC)." On Windows 10, in the volume panel, I was able to switch between these easily, and the former would provide normal audio, but the latter would result in a similar low quality audio that I am experiencing on Windows 11 while running any game. On Windows 11, however, when I look into the volume control, "Headset (Hesh ANC)" is missing from the list of outputs. For my headphones, I only see the "Headphones (Hesh ANC)" option, but it does not give me the consistent quality of audio that I expect.

I have tried troubleshooting both the sound and the bluetooth. I have tried updating the drivers. I have fiddled with the advanced properties System>Sound>Properties for my device in the Windows 11 Settings. "Enhance audio" doesn't help. Please help me fix my bluetooth audio problems.