Airpods on PC/Windows 10 Microphone Issue

[mlabonte21]

So I just go the wife a pair of Airpods.

We paired them to her iPhone and they worked like magic. She loves them-- good job Apple

NOW, they were purchased primarily for her to use on her work computer from home. So, I paired them with her Windows PC with the normal bluetooth setup and they appear to have paired just fine. I can hear the PC's audio perfectly.

However, no matter what I do I cannot get the Airpods' microphone to work on the PC.

I did a search on the net, but the results don't look promising--and its pretty bad that after a year of release Microsoft hasn't gotten this figured out driver-wise.

Has anybody successfuly gotten the Airpods mic to work on a PC?

I'd hate to have to return these

Thanks!

 

[cynics]

So I just go the wife a pair of Airpods.

We paired them to her iPhone and they worked like magic. She loves them-- good job Apple

NOW, they were purchased primarily for her to use on her work computer from home. So, I paired them with her Windows PC with the normal bluetooth setup and they appear to have paired just fine. I can hear the PC's audio perfectly.

However, no matter what I do I cannot get the Airpods' microphone to work on the PC.

I did a search on the net, but the results don't look promising--and its pretty bad that after a year of release Microsoft hasn't gotten this figured out driver-wise.

Has anybody successfuly gotten the Airpods mic to work on a PC?

I'd hate to have to return these

Thanks!

I'm curious about this as well because I see mixed reviews online. Unfortunately I dont have a Windows 10 machine with bluetooth to test it out.

I had an issue in the past with bluetooth profiles and Win10. The headset I used connected using A2DP and by default the would dont use HFP so the mic didn't work. I can't remember how I did it but I was able to make it work at the expense of not using A2DP.

 

[cman-uk]

Has anybody successfuly gotten the Airpods mic to work on a PC?

Was there ever a fix for this?

It appears to still be the case in 2020 with AirPods Pro.

 

[bearbear]

Was there ever a fix for this?

It appears to still be the case in 2020 with AirPods Pro.

Click on the volume icon on the desktop and change it to the headset profile.

 

[cman-uk]

Click on the volume icon on the desktop and change it to the headset profile.

Thanks!

1) Change from what, to 'headset' ?

and does doing so:

2) Allow both the mic and audio to work in tandem?

3) Degrade audio quality to 'unusable' quality?