The audio output picker isn't actually tied to Bluetooth. It shows whenever you have more than one audio output available, since with only one there's nothing to switch to. When you disconnected your headphones you were left with just the built-in speaker, so it hid itself. Connect anything (a dock, headphones, AirPods) and it comes back. So that part is working as intended, not a bug.
You were right that the list shouldn't include virtual devices. "Microsoft Teams Audio" is a software driver Teams installs, not a real output, and I've filtered those out so they no longer appear.
I kept the ThinkPad USB-C Dock in the list on purpose: it reports as a genuine hardware audio output (docks route sound to monitor speakers or a headphone jack), and it's indistinguishable from USB headphones or a USB DAC that other people rely on. Hiding all USB outputs would break those setups. If the dock specifically bothers you, let me know and we can look at a way to hide individual devices.
This will be in the next build.
mchung
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Jul 24
Sorry to bother you on this, and thanks for fixing it! Additionally, I would also like to add the fact that the UI button issue (If you click outside the speaker area near the edge of the circle, the button won’t work).
Ramzi
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Jul 24
This is fixed.
mchung
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Jul 24
I couldn’t screenshot my mouse but when I was clicking outside of the area, it won’t work. This was what I meant.
Ramzi
Team•
Jul 24
Please be patient. There is one release per day.
mchung
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Jul 24
My sincere apologies, I thought you meant it was fixed in the previous patch so I had misunderstood.
mchung
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Jul 23
Also, I am entirely sure it is from the end-user, Featurebase doesn’t seem to allow users to update their posts. It would be nice if you can see if there’s a fix to this, if not that will be okay too. I’ll just stick to commenting. (Comments do allow updates though somehow ????)
mchung
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Jul 23
Update: It works, sorry I can’t update the post title.
What doesn’t work is that when you hover over it apart from clicking the exact centre of the speaker button. The “button” won’t work.
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Ramzi
Jul 24
Thanks for the report! Two things here:
The audio output picker isn't actually tied to Bluetooth. It shows whenever you have more than one audio output available, since with only one there's nothing to switch to. When you disconnected your headphones you were left with just the built-in speaker, so it hid itself. Connect anything (a dock, headphones, AirPods) and it comes back. So that part is working as intended, not a bug.
You were right that the list shouldn't include virtual devices. "Microsoft Teams Audio" is a software driver Teams installs, not a real output, and I've filtered those out so they no longer appear.
I kept the ThinkPad USB-C Dock in the list on purpose: it reports as a genuine hardware audio output (docks route sound to monitor speakers or a headphone jack), and it's indistinguishable from USB headphones or a USB DAC that other people rely on. Hiding all USB outputs would break those setups. If the dock specifically bothers you, let me know and we can look at a way to hide individual devices.
This will be in the next build.
mchung
Jul 24
Sorry to bother you on this, and thanks for fixing it! Additionally, I would also like to add the fact that the UI button issue (If you click outside the speaker area near the edge of the circle, the button won’t work).
Ramzi
Jul 24
This is fixed.
mchung
Jul 24
I couldn’t screenshot my mouse but when I was clicking outside of the area, it won’t work. This was what I meant.
Ramzi
Jul 24
Please be patient. There is one release per day.
mchung
Jul 24
My sincere apologies, I thought you meant it was fixed in the previous patch so I had misunderstood.
mchung
Jul 23
Also, I am entirely sure it is from the end-user, Featurebase doesn’t seem to allow users to update their posts. It would be nice if you can see if there’s a fix to this, if not that will be okay too. I’ll just stick to commenting. (Comments do allow updates though somehow ????)
mchung
Jul 23
Update: It works, sorry I can’t update the post title.
What doesn’t work is that when you hover over it apart from clicking the exact centre of the speaker button. The “button” won’t work.