HK Singh
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RasPi 4 as Bluetooth adapter?

Thu Sep 21, 2023 3:46 pm

I have an old pc that I am setting up but it doesn't have bluetooth in it. I'm wondering is there's any way to use my Rasperry Pi 4 as a bluetooth adapter to connect headphones, etc which then forwards the signal to the pc somehow?
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thagrol
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Re: RasPi 4 as Bluetooth adapter?

Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:35 pm

I'm not aware of such finctionality out of the box but you could probably write your own. The 4B can work as a USB device over its USB C port.

But realistically, unles your old PC lacks USB it'll be cheaper, easier, and quicker to just by a cheap USB bluetooth adapter.

Unless you're in a part of the world where taxes and import duty make that esseviely expensive.
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