No Boot Camp Bluetooth driver for Windows 10 Tech Preview build 10166

Hello All,


I recently purchased an early 2015 13" Macbook Pro in which I have installed the Windows 10 technical preview on through Boot Camp Assistant. The initial build that I installed was 10162 and I had no issues installing the OS or the Boot Camp drivers. I had bluetooth connectivity with my Magic Mouse and all was well. Yesterday I updated Windows 10 to build 10166 and now Windows doesn't recognize the Bluetooth chipset. I tried running the troubleshooting tool in Windows and it says no driver could be found online. I'm assuming that there was a change from build 10162 and 10166 that caused this to happen and I guess I'll have to wait for Apple to update the Bluetooth Boot Camp drivers after the actual release of Windows 10. The drivers for the WiFi, camera, trackpad, etc... all seem to be working fine, it's just the Bluetooth driver that I seem to be having a problem with. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, have you found a resolution?


Thanks,

Josh

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), 512gb SSD, 8gb RAM

Posted on Jul 12, 2015 9:20 AM

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Jul 25, 2015 11:31 AM in response to JCarlson

I have a mid 2014 MBP 15" running Windows 10 Build 10240 under Boot Camp 5.1.5640. I upgraded to Windows 10 directly from Windows 8.1 x64. I too cannot get Bluetooth to work, and am hopeful that Apple will address this with a newer Boot Camp version following the official release of Windows 10.


This configuration is merely a "sandbox" for me, as I prefer to work under OS X. However, I know some people who are wanting to run Windows 10 natively on Apple hardware (they've never latched on to OS X despite several attempts), and this issue is a potential show-stopper.


I'm not sure if Apple will be as "pro Microsoft" as much as Microsoft has been "pro Apple" recently, but it would be nice to have full support.

Aug 12, 2015 8:26 AM in response to JCarlson

I have a Late 2013 MB Pro, same bluetooth problem. I have tried all the different drives helpful people have posted. No joy. And since windows cannot find a driver on a net search either, I do not think it has anything to do with how the install is done. If Microsoft had access to a working driver the search would find it.


I have to believe it is variations in the broadcom chipset apple has used. Like you, everything else seems to be working (I did load the keyboard driver posted in the forums which restored the special function keys).


I think we are just going to have to wait on Apple to get bluetooth to work on some machines. I have no doubt Apple will release a driver, the question is when. I think Apple has lagged earlier Windows releases by 4-6 months. I am betting on drivers before the end of the year.


Frankly, I am surprised bluetooth is the only issue I have - at least that I know of now.

Sep 5, 2015 6:36 PM in response to JCarlson

When i registered for the free upgrade on my Imac boot-camp copy of win 8.1 a report showed in the "get windows 10" app that the Bluetooth driver contained in boot-camp is not compatible with Windows 10 and to get updated driver from Apple. So we will have to wait for an update to boot-camp (i'm sure apple will be in a massive hurry to get that installed so people can use the much acclaimed and desired windows os!! 😉. I would suggest using the generic Bluetooth driver suggested in one of the replies to this post, (maybe the one who stated the generic Bluetooth driver works can post a link to the download for that) if not you can use a wireless keyboard/mouse combo such as a Logitech keyboard.

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No Boot Camp Bluetooth driver for Windows 10 Tech Preview build 10166

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