And it’s a Linux thing, so you can do it with your desktop too!
Comment on [Discussion] Do you use any headphones with your Steam Deck?
kadup@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Bluetooth headphones work well with the Steam Deck, I specially like how you can pair your phone to the Deck and it will mix the phone’s audio with the game audio (so you can have music or a podcast playing, for instance)
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Elextra@literature.cafe 6 hours ago
Interesting! I didn’t know you can mix the phone and the Steam Deck audio! I’ll have to try that myself too.
Thank you for answering my question. I was wondering if the Bluetooth latency is noticeable but seems fine from what most people are saying.
I was wondering if people that did use headphones did 2.4 wireless vs Bluetooth but it sounds like both should work okay.
cowfodder@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I did not know this. Might have to give it a try.
Nima@leminal.space 9 hours ago
ok so I just tried it. it does work but it is kinda temperamental. and doesn’t work flawlessly.
the signal keeps getting interrupted and janky as bluetooth can kinda be odd when it comes to having more than one device connected to it at one time.
especially audio. so yes it technically works, but its not going to be super usable.
kadup@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I believe you might want to double check your phone and/or headphones. Or even the Deck itself.
I use it daily and apart from the expected latency, the audio is great with now flaws. Super usable. No interruptions or jank.
Bluetooth 4.0 is capable of handling around 8 connections simultaneously
Nima@leminal.space 1 hour ago
i am not able to use bluetooth headphones and a bluetooth controller at the same time with the steam deck.
the sound just constantly stutters. its been that way since I got the deck. so its been years now.
coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 13 hours ago
No way, that’s awesome!
coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 10 hours ago
I paired both my phone and earbuds to the deck and the phone’s audio was super choppy. It behaved better when in the deck’s options menus but it was still bad. 🤔
Nima@leminal.space 1 hour ago
exact same experience. it doesn’t work well, unfortunately.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
You can what?
kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
Woah what? How??
dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 13 hours ago
when you pair your phone to the steamdeck, the deck reports as a speaker to your phone.
kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
Wow!! It works, thank you! On ios I had to connect from the (LCD) steam deck, but it did work after that.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 20 minutes ago
Thank you for this. I’m doing this. This is awesome.