{"id":540853,"date":"2025-10-31T23:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/540853\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:41:13","slug":"windows-11-tests-bluetooth-audio-sharing-that-connects-two-headsets-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/540853\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 tests Bluetooth audio sharing that connects two headsets at once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft is <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windows-insider\/2025\/10\/31\/extending-bluetooth-le-audio-on-windows-11-with-shared-audio-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bringing shared audio to Windows 11<\/a>, allowing you to stream audio across two pairs of wireless headphones, speakers, earbuds, or hearing aids. The feature is built using the Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) audio codec, and it\u2019s rolling out in preview to Windows 11 Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Shared audio comes in handy if you\u2019re watching a movie on a laptop with your friend or family member, or just want to show them new music that you can both stream inside your own wireless headsets. You can use shared audio by connecting Bluetooth LE-supported devices to your Windows 11 PC and then selecting the \u201cShared audio (preview) button in your quick settings menu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">For now, shared audio in Windows 11 is only available on select Copilot Plus PCs, including the 13.8 and 15-inch Surface Laptops and the 13-inch Surface Pro. It\u2019s coming to the Samsung Galaxy Book5 360, Galaxy Book5 Pro, 13-inch Surface Laptop, and others at a later date. You can also only use the feature with devices compatible with Bluetooth LE, such as the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, Buds 3, Buds 3 Pro, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/789898\/sony-firmware-update-wf-1000xm5-wh-1000xm6-headphones-earbuds-audio-sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sony WH-1000XM6 wireless headphones<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft is bringing shared audio to Windows 11, allowing you to stream audio across two pairs of wireless&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1816,507,12,326,53,16,15,27119],"class_list":{"0":"post-540853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-microsoft","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-tech","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-windows"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115471429392889555","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}