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Nintendo Switch adds Bluetooth (finally)

Thanks to a recent software update, the Nintendo Switch now sports bluetooth headphones. Here’s how to connect them.

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Thanks to a recent software update, the Nintendo Switch now sports bluetooth headphones. Here’s how to connect them.

45 Comments

  1. Jonathan S

    September 15, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    So it had Bluetooth this entire time but they never let us use headphones

    • Geghis khan talk time

      September 15, 2021 at 10:07 pm

      Yep.

    • Kat M

      September 15, 2021 at 10:29 pm

      Yes obviously you can connect controllers wirelessly.

  2. pajamasandmore

    September 15, 2021 at 9:49 pm

    Thank you for posting this I had not heard this. This is so awesome!!

  3. Player One

    September 15, 2021 at 9:52 pm

    What about the switch lite?

    • Erik A

      September 15, 2021 at 10:01 pm

      Can confirm the switch lite also supports Bluetooth headphones. I’ve got my buds pro hooked up to it.

  4. Skylar Lettau

    September 15, 2021 at 9:52 pm

    “Finally, after 4 years, as if it were a device released in 2013…”

    • BURSTLYKID reinstall

      September 16, 2021 at 12:55 am

      🤣

  5. Ryan Delafosse

    September 15, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    I love Nintendo, but they make so odd choices sometimes… Not having this out of the box is definitely on the list.

  6. Only Support

    September 15, 2021 at 9:55 pm

    So all this time device was capable of doing this and now they are doing this update? 🤦

    • Zechariah Palie

      September 15, 2021 at 10:05 pm

      Hey that’s not fair, they’ve been very busy doing absolutely nothing

  7. Kevin R.

    September 15, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    Got those same won’t headphones lol

  8. Bilingual Minimalist

    September 15, 2021 at 10:06 pm

    im surprised nintendo hasnt made a headphone. itll be cool to see a wireless earphone with the blue and red like the old game boy earphones.

  9. Geghis khan talk time

    September 15, 2021 at 10:07 pm

    Tu this helped me connect my booth tooth speaker

  10. Frank

    September 15, 2021 at 10:14 pm

    But you can’t use BT headphones with PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X (or whatever that newest MS console was). That sucks.

  11. iAmDickel

    September 15, 2021 at 10:23 pm

    so Bluetooth connection is there all along? its not enable by software?????

  12. TheKRKN

    September 15, 2021 at 10:24 pm

    Welcome to 2015 Nintendo

  13. Jordan Sorenson

    September 15, 2021 at 10:25 pm

    AND I JUST BOUGHT CORDED HEADPHONES SPECIFICALLY FOR MY NEW SWITCH AFTER DITCHING THEM FOR MY NEW PHONE!!!

    • Kat M

      September 15, 2021 at 10:29 pm

      Return them..if you can

  14. Kat M

    September 15, 2021 at 10:27 pm

    Yay!

  15. Justsomegamer24xv1

    September 15, 2021 at 10:31 pm

    This is great.

  16. Jackson Singleton

    September 15, 2021 at 10:36 pm

    Rip to Everyone who bought a bluetooth adapter yesterday😂

    • Patrick M

      September 16, 2021 at 12:52 pm

      And even more rip to the ones who bought it minutes before the announcment and saw the announcment on the phone while heading home

  17. GodEr0z

    September 15, 2021 at 10:47 pm

    lmao after half a decade

  18. GC N

    September 15, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    Really, all this time Nintendo? Let me guess officially license Nintendo Bluetooth headphones coming to a store near you

  19. Blaze Piffington

    September 15, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    Sad i just bought a bluetooth usb, ecstatic for all that this heaven sent feature has finally been implemented. Thank you for the heads up and instructions!

    • Chan

      September 16, 2021 at 12:40 am

      If it’s like the bluetooth usb adapter I bought you will still be able to use it on PS4/PS5 and most likely Xbox Consoles as well.

  20. GodEr0z

    September 15, 2021 at 10:49 pm

    hate my switch it slow esp when eshop why dont they make it more smarter and faster. it has 4g ram but the interface needs lot of improvement

  21. MrBucketlist

    September 15, 2021 at 11:51 pm

    Finally!!!!!! I guess in 2030 will get a way to message our fiends on our friend list lol

  22. Cash Eye

    September 16, 2021 at 12:11 am

    FINALLY

  23. xX12VincEXx

    September 16, 2021 at 12:19 am

    TECHNOLOGY!

  24. tman3162

    September 16, 2021 at 1:01 am

    So by this logic, we’ll probably have themes by update 20… 15 if the stars align.

  25. jdmasfuck

    September 16, 2021 at 1:02 am

    now we wait 4 years for bluetooth mic so we can talk to players

  26. TomOfAllTrades91

    September 16, 2021 at 1:46 am

    Such a stupid company Nintendo is.

  27. Mr. Beefy

    September 16, 2021 at 1:53 am

    How bout add some actual good games instead of some mobile based games

  28. ChuyIsTheShiz

    September 16, 2021 at 4:28 am

    Cool

  29. Abdullah Sabir

    September 16, 2021 at 5:55 am

    Playstation please learn from this, not only for ps5 but ps4 too.

  30. Anjum Roshan

    September 16, 2021 at 7:30 am

    somehow the audio doesn’t sync properly on my tws

  31. Michael Boys

    September 16, 2021 at 10:00 am

    Took them long enough.

  32. R1ftzy

    September 16, 2021 at 10:17 am

    But no mic support

  33. Re- Fix

    September 16, 2021 at 10:32 am

    👍👍👍

  34. Naiv

    September 16, 2021 at 12:15 pm

    wait…what?…you cant add bluetooth its hardware!, how can an update give it that? …unless it already has it and they just didnt let you use it until now?

  35. Josh S.

    September 16, 2021 at 12:34 pm

    Ok so what if I wanted to play fortnite with a headset and mic? Would it let me also chat?

  36. Violet S

    September 16, 2021 at 3:56 pm

    I’m still waiting for it to be a android tablet

  37. Ced Hufana

    September 16, 2021 at 4:00 pm

    Finally!!!! About time Nintendo! 🙌🏻

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