Nintendo Switch could finally connect to your Bluetooth headphones

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Nintendo Switch could finally connect to your Bluetooth headphones

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The Nintendo Switch might finally be getting support for Bluetooth headphones, afterwards years of forcing users to rely on either wires or tertiary-party dongles.

Dataminers have been diving into the Switch's recent 12.0.0 firmware update, which on the surface looks pretty bland. Simply dataminer OatmealDome discovered that the update also adds sound support for the Switch'southward Bluetooth commuter.

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OatmealDome notes that the update doesn't announced to be doing anything right now, and it's not clear if it ever will. Only it does mean the Switch could finally, at long last, officially support Bluetooth headphones.

[Nintendo Switch Arrangement Update]12.0.0 has added audio support to the Bluetooth driver.*However*, I'thousand not sure if anything is actually using this new support so far. No guarantees it will e'er be used, either.(SOURCE: yellows8 via SwitchBrew)https://t.co/Zyn35f3dZd pic.twitter.com/Ag5I0h8nicApril seven, 2021

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Frankly, the panel should have supported Bluetooth audio from twenty-four hours one. Especially given how the balance of the tech manufacture has been moving towards wireless audio for several years. But as clichéd as it sounds, having this feature roll out a few years belatedly is better than never getting it at all.

I only promise that Nintendo unlocks Bluetooth audio back up shortly. Or at least before we're allowed to travel again. The Switch's portability makes information technology the perfect companion for long trips, simply the lack of official Bluetooth sound back up has fabricated that bittersweet.

Being able to play Jiff of the Wild on a plane is groovy, until you realize your dissonance-cancelling headphones don't support three.5mm cables. The roar of the engines, and the abiding screams of the kid three rows dorsum, really spoils the immersion.

The alternative is buying a dedicated set of headphones simply for the Switch, which isn't ideal. Neither is using a Bluetooth dongle that has its own ability needs. Either it's pulling free energy straight from the Switch, which reduces your already limited battery life, or you have to contend with the fact it will need recharging at some point.

Lack of wireless audio support may not be the most pressing upshot with the Switch, but it'southward not a very big ask. And if Nintendo actually throws u.s. a win, I hope Sony and Microsoft will follow suit. Because I'd rather not have to resort to dedicated wireless headsets or dongles on my other consoles either.

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