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AirPods won’t show up in windows when I want to add the device

Anonymous
2023-01-18T03:14:41+00:00

A couple months ago I learned how to connect my AirPods with my windows laptop. Everything was working seemingly well apart from small issues such as being forced to reconnect the device after a few days. 2-3 Days ago I noticed that my AirPod volume has drastically decreased whenever I connected the device to the laptop. On my phone the AirPods were working fine. At full volume I could barely hear the sound from videos on my laptop with AirPods in. My smart*** thought it would be the perfect idea to uninstall my AirPods from the device manager tab and simply reinstall them. Coming to find out that now I am not even able to pair my AirPods to the laptop because it won’t even show up when I want to add a device. Someone please help me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-18T03:58:51+00:00

    Thanks for reaching out! My name is, Zadee. I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. I'll be glad to help you today.

    Make sure that the airpod is disconnected from other devices, John. Try to reconnect the airpods to the most recent device and make sure you completely disconnect the link between the 2. Then try to put airpods in paring mode again and see if the laptop sees it.

    If that does not work. Check your laptop BT drivers, see if there was an update that you can rollback. To roll back.

    -Win + R to open run box

    -Type: devmgmt.msc <Enter>

    -Look for "Bluetooth"

    -Right-click the driver > click Properties

    -Go to Driver tab

    -Click "Roll back drivers" (if clickable)

    If "Roll back drivers" is not clickable, click on "Uninstall device" instead then restart the computer.

    If same issue still, go to your laptop manufacturer's website and then download the latest BT driver there, and install. Reboot computer again for the last time.

    Hope that helps.

    Best Regards,

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