[Discussion] Do you use any headphones with your Steam Deck?
[Discussion] Do you use any headphones with your Steam Deck?
If so, which ones? I am looking to game and talk to friends over discord on my Steam Deck. No FPS, more bullet hells, ARPGs, etc. Thank you!!
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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)
For those asking how to do it, simply enable Bluetooth on the phone and then go to the Steam Deck's Bluetooth page, find the phone and pair it from there.
I wish I knew this months ago! This knowledge needs to be spread around more.
Also, if your phone doesn't show up on the deck, make sure to enable "show all devices"
I did not know this. Might have to give it a try.
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.
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 no flaws. No interruptions or jank.
Bluetooth 4.0 is capable of handling around 8 connections simultaneously
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.
Bluetooth controllers actually do behave weirdly on the Deck, the polling rate is sub optimal. You can modify certain system files to help, but you'd have to reset the setting after every update.
But for audio, it's mostly fine. I really do not have issues using this phone to Deck setup. You could consider a full system reset if it's that bad on your end, it's supposed to work well.
no I'm not going to do a full reset when everything works already. lol. ive been living with it and its fine.
the phone thing is neat but is a gimmick I can live without, to be honest. and looking at a reply or two, I'm not the only one who had jankyness trying it.
but thank you <3
And it’s a Linux thing, so you can do it with your desktop too!
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.
No way, that's awesome!
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. 🤔
exact same experience. it doesn't work well, unfortunately.
Thank you for this. I'm doing this. This is awesome.
You can what?
Woah what? How??
when you pair your phone to the steamdeck, the deck reports as a speaker to your phone.
Wow!! It works, thank you! On ios I had to connect from the (LCD) steam deck, but it did work after that.