Bluetooth earphones / headphones with microphone enabled sound very bad / distorted Windows 11

Copper Contributor

Hello! I'm trying to use my bluetooth earphones / headphones with the build in mic.

But the sound quality is unusable without disableing the microphone (Handsfree Telephony).

This seems like a simple thing to do, the headset works on every other device (phone, tablet, another Windows 11 laptop (work),...). 

Does anyone know a real fix for this? Not the fix with disableing the microphone because I need to use it...

 

Thanks in advance!

2 Replies
try lowing the gain of the microphone within the windows app. It may be that it's turned up too much causing distortion, it's either that, or perhaps a driver issue with your sound card.

@Rick Franks 

 

It's not the microphone that sounds bad, it's the music, the sound from my games or movies that sounds bad. I have the latest drivers for my bluetooth dongle and all the latest windows updates.