{"id":183528,"date":"2022-02-14T14:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T13:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=183528"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:56:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:56:26","slug":"bluetooth-devices-control-microsoft-teams-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bluetooth-devices-control-microsoft-teams-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluetooth devices can now directly control Microsoft Teams calls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The popular communication software <a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-teams.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Teams<\/a> will now be allowing Bluetooth headsets and speakerphones to <strong>control its calls directly<\/strong> with their device buttons &#8211; completely bypassing the need for a USB dongle connected to your PC. This feature is scheduled to roll out by <strong>March 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well-known for being a top collaboration platform, Microsoft Teams offers a wide variety of functionality with its features and tools. The desktop client alone offers <strong>more versatility<\/strong> compared to the <a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-teams.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Microsoft Team browser version\">Microsoft Team browser version<\/a>, and a new update regarding Bluetooth capabilities joins its generous offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike the usual process of requiring a USB dongle to control your Bluetooth device using the PC, Teams now lets you directly manage your calls with the device\u2019s buttons alone. The controls are just for <strong>answering<\/strong>, <strong>ending<\/strong>, and <strong>putting a call on hold<\/strong> but they\u2019ll be infinitely much easier to do with just your fingers on your headset.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simply pair your device with your computer to begin. However, while it will work for most hardware, not all Bluetooth devices without a USB dongle are actually compatible with this feature. You\u2019ll have to <strong>check out all certified headsets<\/strong> on Microsoft&#8217;s website to be sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new feature was added to Microsoft\u2019s public roadmap for <a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-365.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft 365<\/a> and Teams and will be available on the desktop client and government clouds. This is great considering that Microsoft Teams has now also <a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-teams.en.softonic.com\/articles\/microsoft-teams-cpu-gpu-optimizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">improved its energy efficiency<\/a> to go much easier on your PC. With the use of a dongle out of the way, handling Teams calls will be less energy-intensive, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular communication software Microsoft Teams will now be allowing Bluetooth headsets and speakerphones to control its calls directly with their device buttons &#8211; completely bypassing the need for a USB dongle connected to your PC. This feature is scheduled to roll out by March 2022. Well-known for being a top collaboration platform, Microsoft Teams &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bluetooth-devices-control-microsoft-teams-calls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bluetooth devices can now directly control Microsoft Teams calls&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9229,"featured_media":183589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2348],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-183528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionmicrosoft-teams"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324398,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183528\/revisions\/324398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183528"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=183528"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=183528"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=183528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}