I confirm that upgrade with proposed enabled on Eoan fixed the bug for me. I've tested it using two bluetooth audio devices: Sony WH-1000XM3 and Plantronics Marque M155. Thanks to everyone involved!
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1845046 Title: Bluetooth headphones default to low quality headset mode and fail to switch to A2DP when selected Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in bluez source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in bluez source package in Eoan: Fix Committed Status in bluez source package in Focal: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Whenever I turn on my headphones they'll connect to my computer but I'm able to hear the input audio from my microphone and low quality output audio. I have to disconnect the headphones in the bluetooth devices and reconnect for it to fix the problem. [Test Case] 0. Set up your Bluetooth headphones with Ubuntu. 1. Turn off the headphones. 2. Turn on the headphones. 3. In Settings>Sound verify they have reconnected in A2DP mode (stereo, high quality, no microphone support). [Regression Potential] Low. Only the headset code path is affected and the fix has already been released for some time in BlueZ 5.51 onward. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1845046/+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
