Windows 11 Tests Bluetooth Audio Sharing That Connects Two Headsets At Once

Microsoft is bringing shared audio to Windows 11, allowing you to watercourse audio crossed 2 pairs of wireless headphones, speakers, earbuds, aliases proceeding aids. The characteristic is built utilizing nan Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) audio codec, and it’s rolling retired successful preview to Windows 11 Insiders successful nan Dev and Beta channels.

Shared audio comes successful useful if you’re watching a movie connected a laptop pinch your friend aliases family member, aliases conscionable want to show them caller euphony that you tin some watercourse wrong your ain wireless headsets. You tin usage shared audio by connecting Bluetooth LE-supported devices to your Windows 11 PC and past selecting nan “Shared audio (preview) fastener successful your speedy settings menu.

Microsoft introduced an LE Audio feature connected Windows 11 successful August, enabling higher audio value while utilizing a wireless headset successful a crippled aliases call. Other instrumentality makers person added support for shared audio arsenic well, pinch Google utilizing nan Bluetooth LE-based Auracast characteristic to broadcast audio from Android 16 devices to compatible proceeding aids. The institution later expanded this capability to let Pixel 8 phones aliases newer to link to 2 pairs of headphones astatine once. Samsung besides began building Auracast into its phones pinch past year’s motorboat of nan Galaxy S24.

For now, shared audio successful Windows 11 is only disposable connected prime Copilot Plus PCs, including nan 13.8 and 15-inch Surface Laptops and nan 13-inch Surface Pro. It’s coming to nan Samsung Galaxy Book5 360, Galaxy Book5 Pro, 13-inch Surface Laptop, and others astatine a later date. You tin besides only usage nan characteristic pinch devices compatible pinch Bluetooth LE, specified arsenic nan Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, Buds 3, Buds 3 Pro, and nan Sony WH-1000XM6 wireless headphones.