Bluetooth audio and profile selection is actually the job of pulseaudio, not bluez (surprisingly).
Also, A2DP has always been preferred over HSP/HFP but the availability and detection of A2DP has been historically buggy. So the selection might not turn out as you hope. AFAIK fixes for this already exist in 17.10 and in 16.04: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio Unfortunately it seems 17.04 has been neglected in this area. Although to be fair 17.04 is also end-of-life soon: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases Please try live-booting the latest 17.10 image and tell us if that has indeed resolved the problem for your hardware: http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ ** Changed in: bluez (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Package changed: bluez (Ubuntu) => pulseaudio (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1720684 Title: Bluetooth speaker used the HSP/HFP profile by default rather than the higher-quality A2DP profile To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1720684/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
