Using a bluetooth headset as both audio and mic on a raspberry pi

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I am looking to purchase a Bluetooth headset for a project of mine and I would love it if I could use it with my raspberry pi

The headset I am looking to get is this one:

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 model B+

Can somebody tell me if this is gonna work and if not what other alternatives I have to do wireless?

David · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-03 23:42:36Z

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According to the website you linked, the headset supports the following profiles:

In this tutorial it is suggested to use BT USB dongle to bypass the RPi's BCM43438 wireless chip. That way you can use the A2DP and HSP profiles.

answered Apr 3, 2019 at 23:42

David

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The author's description in that tutorial is a bit ambiguous IMHO. Quoting the author: The aim of post is to not use external Bluetooth dongle. Ambiguities aside though, after reading the tutorial, RPi 3B+ owners will be disappointed in their BT hardware - at least I was. This is rant-worthy... there should have been a disclosure from "The Foundation".
– Seamus
Apr 6, 2019 at 13:00
@Seamus Simultaneous WiFi/BT usage is a problem on many cheap (and some not so cheap, I'm looking at you, Lenovo!) laptops as well. In laptops this is usually solved by fitting in a second 2.4GHz antenna, but this is not an option on RPi since there's no antenna connector.
– Dmitry Grigoryev
Sep 23, 2019 at 13:27
@DmitryGrigoryev: AFAIC, the issue isn't cost. It's simply respecting the members of the community enough to make a disclosure.
– Seamus
Sep 24, 2019 at 9:45

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