If in case you have two headphones, audio system, or every other Bluetooth {hardware}, now you can share audio between the 2 gadgets concurrently on a Copilot+ PC.
Microsoft is testing a brand new function known as “shared audio,” which is constructed on high of Bluetooth LE Audio broadcast know-how.
With Bluetooth LE Audio broadcast know-how, Home windows can now transmit an audio stream to 2 Bluetooth gadgets.
Proper now, when you have a Bluetooth speaker and an earbud, you may join solely one among them. Even in the event you handle to attach the 2 gadgets, you can not play audio by each on the similar time.
This can be a limitation of Bluetooth, however newer modems embrace assist for Bluetooth LE Audio broadcast know-how.
Fashionable PCs, significantly Copilot+ PCs, have this know-how, and Microsoft is lastly including assist for shared audio to Home windows 11.
“Shared audio lets college students share music with a pal whereas finding out or brings relations nearer by watching a film collectively on an airplane,” Microsoft famous.
In Home windows 11 Construct 26220.7051 (KB5067115), you may activate the brand new “Shared audio (preview)” shortcut in fast settings to begin sharing audio.
When you’re sharing the audio, you’ll want to use “Cease sharing” to finish the sharing session.
Microsoft says assist for extra gadgets will probably be added later, however for now, solely these PCs assist the shared audio function:
- Floor Laptop computer, 13.8-inch and 15-inch* | Qualcomm Snapdragon X
- Floor Laptop computer for Enterprise, 13.8 and 15-inch* | Qualcomm Snapdragon X
- Floor Professional, 13-inch** | Qualcomm Snapdragon X
- Floor Professional for Enterprise, 13-inch** | Qualcomm Snapdragon X
Coming quickly:
- Samsung Galaxy Book5 360 | Intel Core Extremely Collection 200
- Samsung Galaxy Book5 Professional | Intel Core Extremely Collection 200
- Samsung Galaxy Book5 Professional 360 | Intel Core Extremely Collection 200
- Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge | Qualcomm Snapdragon X
- Floor Laptop computer, 13-inch | Qualcomm Snapdragon X
- Floor Laptop computer for Enterprise, 13-inch | Qualcomm Snapdragon X
- Floor Professional, 12-inch | Qualcomm Snapdragon X
- Floor Professional for Enterprise, 12-inch | Qualcomm Snapdragon X
Keep in mind that you will additionally want a supported audio accent.
Most Bluetooth gadgets assist Shared audio, reminiscent of Galaxy Buds2 Professional, Buds3, and Buds3 Professional.
This function is rolling out to everybody within the Home windows Insider Program’s Dev and Beta channel with Home windows 11 Construct 26220.7051 (KB5067115).