Computer as bluetooth headset

Pair a Bluetooth device in Windows

You can pair all kinds of Bluetooth devices with your PC—including keyboards, mice, phones, speakers, and a whole lot more. To do this, your PC needs to have Bluetooth. Some PCs, such as laptops and tablets, have Bluetooth built in. If your PC doesn’t, you can plug a USB Bluetooth adapter into the USB port on your PC to get it.

Before you start, make sure that your Windows 11 PC supports Bluetooth. For more info on how to check, see Fix Bluetooth problems in Windows. If you need help adding a device without Bluetooth capabilities, see Add a device to a Windows PC.

Turn on Bluetooth

After you’ve checked that your Windows 11 PC supports Bluetooth, you’ll need to turn it on. Here’s how:

• In Settings: Select Start >Settings >Bluetooth & devices , and then turn on Bluetooth .
• In quick settings: To find the quick setting for Bluetooth, select the Network, Sound, or Battery icons ( ) next to the time and date on the right side of your taskbar. Select Bluetooth to turn it on. If it’s turned on without any Bluetooth devices connected, it might appear as Not connected .

To pair a Bluetooth device

1. Turn on your Bluetooth device and make it discoverable. The way you make it discoverable depends on the device. Check the device or visit the manufacturer’s website to learn how.
2. On your PC, select the Network , Sound, or Battery icons ( ) next to the time and date on the right side of your taskbar.
3. Select Manage Bluetooth devices on the Bluetooth quick setting, then select your device under New devices.

Follow additional instructions if they appear, then select Done.

Your Bluetooth device and PC will usually automatically connect anytime the two devices are in range of each other with Bluetooth turned on.

Tip: If you don’t see the Bluetooth device you want displayed in the list, you may need to set the Bluetooth devices discovery setting to Advanced. To learn how, see Fix Bluetooth problems in Windows.

To pair a Bluetooth printer or scanner

1. Turn on your Bluetooth printer or scanner and make it discoverable. The way you make it discoverable depends on the device. Check the device or visit the manufacturer’s website to learn how.
2. Select Start >Settings >Bluetooth & devices >Printers & scanners >Add device. Wait for it to find nearby printers, choose the one you want to use, then select Add device.

If you’re having problems installing your printer or scanner, see either Fix printer problems or Install and use a scanner in Windows.

To pair a Bluetooth device using Swift Pair

Swift Pair in Windows 11 lets you quickly pair a supported Bluetooth device with your PC. If the Bluetooth device supports Swift Pair, you’ll receive a notification when it’s nearby and you put it into pairing mode to make it discoverable.

1. Turn on a Bluetooth device that supports Swift Pair and make it discoverable. The way you make it discoverable depends on the device. Check the device or visit the manufacturer’s website to learn more.
2. If this is your first time using Swift Pair, select Yes when asked if you want to get notifications and use Swift Pair.
3. When a notification appears that a new Bluetooth device was found, select Connect.

Before you start, make sure that your Windows 10 PC supports Bluetooth. For more info on how to check, see Fix Bluetooth problems in Windows 10. If you need help adding a device without Bluetooth capabilities, see Add a device to a Windows 10 PC.

Turn on Bluetooth

After you’ve checked that your Windows 10 PC supports Bluetooth, you’ll need to turn it on. Here’s how:

In Settings: Select Start > Settings > Devices > Bluetooth & other devices, and turn on Bluetooth.

In action center: Action center can be found next to time and date on your taskbar. On the taskbar, select action center ( or ), then select Bluetooth to turn it on. If it’s turned off, it might appear as Not connected.

If you don’t see Bluetooth in your action center, here’s how you can change it:

• Expand quick actions. On the taskbar, select action center ( or ) >Expand. Bluetooth should appear here. It will appear as Bluetooth or Not connected.
• Add Bluetooth to action center. Select Start >Settings >System >Notifications & actions >Quick actions. Go to Add or remove quick actions and turn on Bluetooth.

Note: For more info about how to change the apps and settings that appear in action center, see Change notification and action settings in Windows 10.

To pair a Bluetooth headset, speaker, or other audio device

1. Turn on your Bluetooth audio device and make it discoverable. The way you make it discoverable depends on the device. Check the device or visit the manufacturer’s website to learn how.
2. On your PC, select Start >Settings >Devices >Bluetooth & other devices >Add Bluetooth or other device >Bluetooth. Choose the device and follow additional instructions if they appear, then select Done. Your Bluetooth device and PC will usually automatically connect anytime the two devices are in range of each other with Bluetooth turned on.

To pair a Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, or other device

1. Turn on your Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, or other device and make it discoverable. The way you make it discoverable depends on the device. Check the device or visit the manufactur’s website to learn how.
2. On your PC, select Start >Settings >Devices >Bluetooth & other devices >Add Bluetooth or other device >Bluetooth. Choose the device and follow additional instructions if they appear, then select Done.

To pair a Bluetooth printer or scanner

1. Turn on your Bluetooth printer or scanner and make it discoverable. The way you make it discoverable depends on the device. Check the device or visit the manufacturer’s website to learn how.
2. Select Start >Settings >Devices >Printers & scanners >Add a printer or scanner. Wait for it to find nearby printers, then choose the one you want to use and select Add device.

If you’re having installation issues with your printer or scanner, see either Fix printer problems or Install and use a scanner in Windows 10.

To pair a Bluetooth device using Swift Pair

Swift Pair in Windows 10 lets you quickly pair a supported Bluetooth device with your PC. If the Bluetooth device supports Swift Pair, you’ll receive a notification when it’s nearby and you put it into pairing mode to make it discoverable.

1. Turn on a Bluetooth device that supports Swift Pair and make it discoverable. The way you make it discoverable depends on the device. Check the device or visit the manufacturer’s website to learn more.
2. If this is your first time using Swift Pair, select Yes when asked if you want to get notifications and use Swift Pair.
3. When a notification appears that a new Bluetooth device was found, select Connect.
4. After it’s connected, select Close.

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My Computer is My Bluetooth Headset

I know! Not everyone would like to use a headset connected to their laptop instead of their phone’s speaker and its own mic! But since I mostly live on the desktop, I’d like to answer my calls on my laptop itself, just for a fun weekend poking.

Bluetooth Headset

So one option is to have your headset paired to a bluetooth headset, and use that instead of the my phone. But for that, I need to buy a new bluetooth headset. But I really dont need to! Thats the beautiful thing with standards.

Bluetooth HFP

Enter the bluetooth Hands-Free Profile . This is the same bluetooth standard which is the reason why your dedicated bluetooth headset just works. You probably guessed it — we just need an implementation of the Bluetooth HFP profile on my laptop to use it as a handsfree.

Bluez is what you’re looking for. That is the defacto bluetooth stack for Linux. But there is a small complication here. Bluez 4 had support for HFP, but with Bluez 5, the support was removed, owing to some redesign, and the work isnt completed. So, we need some workarounds. The solution, is to use something called Ofono with Bluez 5.

Setup

I am on ArchLinux, and I would provide instructions for the same.
First, install the necessary packages available in the repos for supporting Pulseaudio with Bluetooth.

Pulseaudio is the defacto sound server that runs on most of the Linux desktops. You need to integrate bluetooth with it, so as to get things to work perfectly.

sudo pacman -S pulseaudio-bluetooth blueman 

Blueman provides a nice GUI base config utility to change your phone’s Audio profile being used.

HFP Support

Now its time to bring in Ofono. Its little bit overkill to use Ofono, but well, we are out of options.

Ofono is available in AUR, but the PKGFILE needs some changes. You may download the AUR snapshot and replace it with my version and follow the procedure below:

First of all, install the gpg keys for downloaded keys and trust it:

gpg2 --recv-keys 0x06CA9F5D1DCF2659 

Please follow the instruction in GnuPG to know how to trust a key. If you prefer a GUI to do it, one option, is to install and configure a Thunderbird extension called Enigmail . It provides a GUI interface to manage your GPG Keys. Another lightweight option would be Seahorse , which is available in the repos.

Now get the modified version of Ofono from https://gist.github.com/aurabindo/167b881f0f3c8ed6bd02d85fffa1e20c and put it into a new folder (just for convenience) and run makepkg . Now your package would be generated. Simply install the pacakge and enable the Ofono service:

sudo pacman -U ofono-1.19-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz sudo systemctl enable ofono sudo systemctl start ofono 

Now open the default pulseaudio configuration file and locate the lines:

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so load-module module-bluetooth-discover .endif 

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so load-module module-bluetooth-discover headset=ofono .endif 

Now we’re ready to restart pulseaudio

pulseaudio -k pulseaudio --start 

Now from your phone, pair your laptop as usual, and open Blueman.

Right-Click on the entry for your phone, in the Audio profile section, and select HFP:

Further Thoughts

One shortcoming would be that I still need to have the phone in my vicinity so as to attend a call when I get one. A perfect solution would be to have the phone notify me somehow about the call, and I accept the call right from the desktop itself, without reaching for the phone!

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Can I use my PC as a Bluetooth headset for my mobile phone?

I have a very good headset and have become quite fond of making all my calls on my PC with Skype. In fact, whenever someone calls my mobile phone, I ask them to call back on my Skype-In number. My computer has Bluetooth, so I’m wondering: can I use my PC as a bluetooth headset for my phone? I’m running Windows 7.

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I just managed to do that on Windows 7 64bit using Broadcom’s «Widcomm» Bluetooth stack with versions 6.2 and 6.4. There’s also option to dial a phone number using Bluetooth.

Windows 7 does not support this out of the box. However, the Broadcomm Widcomm bluetooth stack does. Your device will not have this service enabled by default. To enable it, go to bluetooth devices and select the properties for your device. Under service discovery, select ‘Hands-free Audio Gateway’ and choose okay. A new driver will be installed and when you double click your Bluetooth device to control it, the window will now show an option: ‘Listen to audio from your phone. on this PC’s speakers’. You should also be able to connect from your phone to transfer audio.

1. Depending on the device, you can have the device search the PC for available services. Your device should pickup Audio Gateway or Voice Gateway.
2. Go to My Computer and click My Bluetooth Places. Assuming your phone is paired, double click it and you should see a list of available options that your phone supports. Right click on ‘HS Voice Gateway on XXXXX’ (XXXXX is the Bluetooth name for your phone). Click on ‘Connect Audio Gateway’. Make sure you also add your computer to your phone by going into the Settings menu, then Bluetooth, down to Handsfree then select My handsfree then select New handsfree.
3. This article might give you some ideas:
   Use your computer to receive your mobile phone calls via the hands-free/headset profile using Bluetooth (WM5)

Thanks. Although article from 2009 is unlikely to help visitors in 2016. Like myself. Android on Windows 7? Never heard of either.

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