A bit like the identification service, this is essential for your Bluetooth devices to run.Īlso read: How Secure Is Bluetooth? Install and Manage Your Bluetooth Devices This looks for different services related to your Bluetooth devices and helps them essentially coordinate with your Bluetooth devices. This service kicks in when you’re installing a Bluetooth radio without a driver (a generic USB one, for example), and Microsoft effectively “takes control” of that driver. This always runs in the background so long as you have a Bluetooth radio switched on and is responsible for identifying each of your Bluetooth devices, making sure they work as they should and (hopefully) don’t conflict with each other. This needs to be enabled for Bluetooth to even appear in your Settings window and for the below Bluetooth device drivers to become visible. If your Bluetooth radio is off, then it’s quite possible that the only thing you’ll see under the Bluetooth dropdown is this. This is the actual Bluetooth receiver/radio that you have in your PC – whether attached to the motherboard or via a USB dongle. (These don’t include any Bluetooth devices installed on your PC, which will vary from PC to PC.)īluetooth Radio/Wireless Bluetooth/Similar If there is one, right-click it and then try “Update Driver,” or disable then re-enable the problem driver.Īs an overview, here are the main Bluetooth device drivers that you should have listed in Device Manager. If you can’t activate Bluetooth for whatever reason, go to Device Manager, then click the Bluetooth dropdown in the list and look for any exclamation marks by your Bluetooth drivers. Once on the “Bluetooth & other devices” screen, it should be just a case of clicking the Bluetooth slider to “On” to switch it on. Likewise, if you have a USB Bluetooth dongle, it should be detected by Windows 10 and install automatically.)
(Alternatively, you may already have a little Bluetooth icon in your notification area at the bottom-right corner of your desktop. If you have Bluetooth built into your PC already, then it’s just a case of going to “Settings -> Devices,” then clicking “Bluetooth & other devices” in the pane on the left. Setting up Bluetooth in Windows 10 should be a cinch.
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With Bluetooth 5 just out, and with more devices than ever attached to your Windows 10 PC simultaneously, we’re here to help you manage the increasing wireless traffic by showing you how to manage your Bluetooth device collection.Īlso read: What Are Bluetooth Profiles and What Are They For? Set Up Bluetooth in Windows 10 Bluetooth is quickly becoming one of those veteran technologies that may fall away in some areas (such as file transfers) but thrive more and more in others (wireless controllers, headphones and other devices).