So back in the days of Windows 7 and 8 there use to be a cool way to pair your Windows Phone device to Windows as an audio device sort of like a Bluetooth headset as seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2_Q_m7hGxs This is basically a way to use a PC or laptop as a conference calling device, or glorified speakerphone, and looks like it would be pretty handy, but the feature appears to be missing in Windows 8.1
I am running Windows Phone 8.1 on a Lumia 920, as well as Windows 8.1 (with Update) on my new Dell XPS 12 laptop. The devices see each other just fine via both WiFi and Bluetooth, and as the laptop has NFC it is very easy to pair and transfer files between both devices. So I think that things are set up right, but where the option is in Windows 7/8 to use the laptop as an audio device, the setting is just plain missing.
This would be a really cool feature if I could make it work... but not cool enough to justify downgrading to Windows 8 and loosing out on the usability features added to Windows 8.1.
Any help you could give would be much appreciated! Thanks!
I am running Windows Phone 8.1 on a Lumia 920, as well as Windows 8.1 (with Update) on my new Dell XPS 12 laptop. The devices see each other just fine via both WiFi and Bluetooth, and as the laptop has NFC it is very easy to pair and transfer files between both devices. So I think that things are set up right, but where the option is in Windows 7/8 to use the laptop as an audio device, the setting is just plain missing.
This would be a really cool feature if I could make it work... but not cool enough to justify downgrading to Windows 8 and loosing out on the usability features added to Windows 8.1.
Any help you could give would be much appreciated! Thanks!