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TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Audio player loading…May 2020 Update will give back users the ability to pipe music through from their phone to their PC via Bluetooth.In other words, you’ll be able to hook up a mobile device to the PC wirelessly with Bluetooth, and then stream music from that device to play on your desktop computer’s speakers – an ability which was present in Windows 7, as some folks may recall.However, the functionality – known as Bluetooth A2DP sink (yes, ‘sink’, not sync) – was left behind when Windows 8 emerged, and Microsoft didn’t reintroduce it with Windows 10.The existing implementation of this feature on Windows 10 allows for the A2DP ‘source’ role – meaning you can send audio from a Windows 10 PC to a portable device – but not the ‘sink’ role (the ability to receive audio from the mobile device via Bluetooth).Until now, that is, because fortunately this is about to change, as Microsoft is reportedly bringing back the sink feature with the imminent May 2020 Update.This is according to a support document penned by Microsoft which was uncovered by . Microsoft : “Starting with Windows 10, version 2004 [May 2020 Update] remote audio sources can stream audio to Windows devices, enabling scenarios such as configuring a PC to behave like a Bluetooth speaker and allowing users to hear audio from their phone.”You’ll be able to listen to music from your phone on your PC speakers, or indeed headphones, and Microsoft clarifies that the Bluetooth A2DP sink function will be managed on a per-app basis rather than via system settings.Windows 10 May 2020 Update is , most likely on , and it comes including some big moves with Cortana, a Cloud Download feature which makes resetting the OS back to its default configuration an easier process, and much more.Sign up to get breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis and more, plus the hottest tech deals!Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly.There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again.MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1234512345Other versions of this page are available with specific content for the following regions:

TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Audio player loading…May 2020 Update will give back users the ability to pipe music through from their phone to their PC via Bluetooth.In other words, you’ll be able to hook up a mobile device to the PC wirelessly with Bluetooth, and then stream music from that device to play on your desktop computer’s speakers – an ability which was present in Windows 7, as some folks may recall.However, the functionality – known as Bluetooth A2DP sink (yes, ‘sink’, not sync) – was...

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