Hello there,
I'm an ardent fan of Microsoft Windows. I have been using it since Windows 98 days. For the longest time I used Windows 7 on my desktop and recently upgraded it to Windows 10. I also have a laptop which runs Windows 8.1.
Now, here's the deal: I have a fancy 5.1 speakers attached to the sound card custom installed in my desktop. The music settings run on 24bits studio quality. I really love my music and I really love my bass.
I used to connect my phone to my laptop over Bluetooth, the phone would get recognized and automatically load up the audio service. And I would simply play music directly from my phone while I'm lying in my bed.
I moved to a new house which is smaller but with great reverb. I realized if I play the 5.1 on the desktop in one room, I can clearly hear the music from any part of the house. So I decided I'm going to connect my desktop with my phone via Bluetooth the
same way I connect my laptop.
I purchased a fancy $100 Gigabyte WiFi/Bluetooth 4.0 PCI card and custom installed it in my motherboard. To my dismay, I found out that although my phone pairs up successfully with my desktop running Windows 10, but the device does not show any service other
than "Send files" and "Sync PIM data".
I was up all night desperately scouring the Internet trying to understand why is this so. Turns out its more complex than I thought. Earlier the Bluetooth device manufacturers were writing the drivers themselves so they used to create two way A2DP profiles
( Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) where the Bluetooth driver could send (source) and receive (sink) audio streaming over Bluetooth to and from other devices, which enables my phone to play music on my laptop.
Now Microsoft has started writing their own drivers for sundry devices, including Bluetooth. But you have enabled only A2DP Source function which can play music onto other devices but skipped adding A2DP sink function
which receives music.
Now I understand you may have done it for some security issue or something else. But I do hope you understand, that if this is a deliberate decision, then it's quite autocratic in nature. The primary reason why Windows
is loved by everyone is because of its democratic nature of letting the user decide what they want to do with their PCs. Preventing the user from utilizing their custom built systems running Windows as an OS platform, is not just unethical but also inconsiderate.
If this is not a deliberate decision then I hope you guys are working on bringing this feature in. Looking at the Internet this issue has been floating around for over a year now, with no response from Microsoft regarding
this whatsoever. I'm sure this can't have possibly missed your attention. Plenty of users are absolutely without any information regarding this. So some communication from your end about this would greatly help!
So. It's 5AM here. Having said all above, here is my question:
What is the status on the issue of missing A2DP Sink feature in Bluetooth drivers created by Microsoft?
Is Microsoft working on catering to this issue?
If yes, then tentatively by when could a possible solution be expected?
If no, some clarification and reasoning would help alleviate some of the user frustrations. Also, some suggestion for alternate solutions we could look into.
I'd be greatly thankful if we could get a response from Microsoft regarding this.
Thanks!
Regards,
Shubham
