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Bluetooth Speakers not working after upgrade

Before I did the upgrade my Samsung Soundbar was working just fine on my M1 Mac mini, but now with Monterey I am not able to get that, or any other bluetooth speaker to work.

The mini can see it, and connect, but it will not put the the speaker into the sound output option.

The Bitty Boom speaker does go into the sound output option, but as soon as it connects it will disconnect.

It seems my only speaker option that sticks is the Mac mini speakers.

I did do a hard wire into the soundbar via the headphone jack and that works fine, but it looks like the issues months ago with bluetooth are back again.

Mac mini, macOS 12.0

Posted on Oct 27, 2021 6:05 AM

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Ueaydin

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Posted on Nov 17, 2021 9:25 AM

Hi,

I've updated recently also to Monterey and my faithful working bluetooth mouse lost the connection - I couldn't establish any connection to it again. And I tried it very hard (about 4 hours every 3 days !!).

At last I downgraded back to Big Sur and all is working well again - that is the (not really) short story.

From Apple you will only get the info (so did I) it is a problem of the "3rd party" hardware manufacturer (like firmware)...

There are some things you can try (which I also tried):

try the safe mode:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

try debug mode of bluetooth-module:

Use "Reset the Bluetooth module" to Fix Constant Bluetooth Disconnections - User Tips

reset SMC:

How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

check your Mac with EtrecheckPro:

EtreCheck

Good luck and do not give up :-)

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Nov 18, 2021 7:02 AM in response to chrisneve

OMG that worked! Thank you so much!

I'm not sure if this is relevant for figuring out what the problem is - when the bluetooth was "connected" to the soundbar but not showing the soundbar as a sound output, the soundbar was showing up as a device - like there was a picture of a speaker under devices. But after doing everything above, the soundbar shows up as a set of headphones.

Dec 22, 2021 6:38 PM in response to Geekahertz

I am having the same issue with my Bose speaker, my iHome speaker and my uConnect in my vehicle. Immediately after updating, none of these devices would connect via Bluetooth although all worked fine before. Also my iWatch 2 now no longer connects completely like it did before. Sorry apple I’m not updating to a new one. It’s not time.

Apple needs to fix the bugs they put into this update

temfra

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Nov 4, 2021 11:54 AM in response to Geekahertz

Same issue with MacBook Air M1 2020 with Samsung Soundbar HW-J250.

CSWRO

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12 points

Nov 6, 2021 2:02 AM in response to Geekahertz

Same issue over here. It was all working fine until I updated to Monterey. M1 Mac Mini.

Exactly the same problem with Energy System Urban Box 5 and Samsung Speakers.

Nov 12, 2021 7:40 PM in response to Geekahertz

I have a same issue! plz fix it Apple

Nov 16, 2021 2:55 PM in response to Geekahertz

I also have this problem with my Macbook Pro and Samsung Soundbar M360. It worked until the update.

Nov 17, 2021 9:07 AM in response to Geekahertz

I have the same problem with using my Google Home Mini as bluetooth speakers with the MacBook Pro (Early 2015) after upgrade to macOS Monterey.

Ueaydin

Level 1

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Dec 12, 2021 10:01 AM in response to TylerCanada

Same here with my bluetooth mouse. When the mouse has lost connection (sleep mode) it can't reconnect. Only if I push the initialization-button on the bottom, it reconnects. It's always like to install a new bluetooth mouse. It sucks.

I downgraded now back to Big Sur - and it works again like it should.

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