This is not a bug, but lack of support for headsets that only have the HFP (Handsfree) profile and no HSP (Headset) profile. Many current headsets only support HFP, and these won't work since pulseway doesn't support HFP only.
I find this ridiculous since there are a number of projects on git that have patched versions of pusleaudio to support HFP only headsets, so I wonder why this is not merging to the mainline of pulseaudio. With everyone on their headsets doing teleconferencing during the lockdown, this limitation of pulseway has been exemplified. Please have a look at it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576559 Title: Refused to switch profile to headset_head_unit: Not connected Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm trying to connect a bluetooth-speaker-with-microphone (Mi Bluetooth Speaker) to Ubuntu. It works well as an A2DP sync, but can't use it as a headset with microphone. The device doesn't list in the "Input Devices" by default, and using the sound settings to change the profile of the device to HSP/HFP results in this log message: W: [pulseaudio] module-bluez5-device.c: Refused to switch profile to headset_head_unit: Not connected I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I did an upgrade from Ubuntu 15.10. pulseaudio: Installed: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3 bluez: Installed: 5.37-0ubuntu5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1576559/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
