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I have this frequent issue whenever I use Zoom on Ubuntu 20.04 that my Bluetooth Headphones never work in High Fidelity Playback by default. But I can go to the Sound settings and manually change it to A2DP Sink, which greatly improves the sound quality. But the issue is that when I change the Output to High Fidelity A2DP Sink, the Input setting automatically changes to Internal Mic (from Laptop).

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When I again change the Input to my Bluetooth Headphone, the output from my headphones become really bad (essentially Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP)). It does not reflect in the Sound settings immediately, but you can hear the bad audio.

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I wanted to know why the two won't work together? Is there a way to keep A2DP High Fidelity Playback Output as well as the Headphone mic for Input?

jar
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  • This is fixed in the latest version of Ubuntu, where Pulseaudio 0.15 is available and now you can use high quality codecs with the microphone (see "Ubuntu Desktop" in [the 21.10 release notes](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/impish-indri-release-notes/21951)). – muru Dec 01 '21 at 09:19
  • @muru Ah I see. I looked up online on how to upgrade pulseaudio, but it looks like its deeply integrated into the OS and is not supposed to be upgraded manually. I wish there was a way to upgrade pulseaudio without upgrading the OS itself. – jar Dec 01 '21 at 09:33
  • Does this answer your question? [How to keep the audio profile at A2DP while using a mic with Bluetooth headset? (Push-to-talk)](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1004712/how-to-keep-the-audio-profile-at-a2dp-while-using-a-mic-with-bluetooth-headset) – David Dec 01 '21 at 12:22
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    That is a good find, but that is just a workaround, not a solution because even in that answer, it is not yet possible to get both working together. – jar Dec 01 '21 at 21:04

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