>From what I can gather this is not a function of the headset or Bluetooth device, but it's a function of firmware differences in the host side Bluetooth adapters.
For example, I have a Sony WH-1000MX3. I have a USB dongle adapter that does not work in the HSP/HFP mode. When selecting the mode the active profile throws various errors then returns to the "off" PulseAudio/ALSA profile. lsusb on the CSR USB dongle. ``` Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 224 Wireless bDeviceSubClass 1 Radio Frequency bDeviceProtocol 1 Bluetooth bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0a12 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd idProduct 0x0001 Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) bcdDevice 88.91 iManufacturer 0 iProduct 2 iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 ``` I also have an Intel Bluetooth/WiFi 802.11ac card (Bluetooth is on the USB bus), that does support the HSP/HFP mode, abet with noticeably reduced audio quality. I think there is a separate bug in launchpad tracking the audio quality issues of that mode though. header for `lsusb -v` on the Intel card. ``` Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 224 Wireless bDeviceSubClass 1 Radio Frequency bDeviceProtocol 1 Bluetooth bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x8087 Intel Corp. idProduct 0x07dc bcdDevice 0.01 iManufacturer 0 iProduct 0 iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 ``` lspci on the intel card ``` 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 73) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 96 Memory at f7600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi ``` -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1871794 Title: [Bluetooth] No audio output/input in HSP/HFP mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1871794/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs