Hooray, The Nintendo Switch Finally Has Bluetooth Audio
There’s a lot of things that the Nintendo Switch has fallen behind with during the current console generation. To be fair to the gaming giant, it had a head start on every other gaming company, but that means that very quickly, their hardware is growing to feel dated despite the innovation of the JoyCon.
The Switch lacks games folders, themes, streaming support - the console is very focused on its one specific experience and seems pretty reluctant to deviate from this.
But, Nintendo has finally introduced a feature that many fans have been waiting years for.
Nintendo Finally Introduces Bluetooth Audio
Click to enlargeAfter too many years of going without and settling for wired devices, fans can now use their Bluetooth audio peripherals on the Nintendo Switch.
The feature has now been added to the Switch via the new system firmware update 13.0.0 that rolled out this morning (September 15), but there are also a couple of caveats.
Wireless earphones can only be used with the Switch when there’s as few as two wireless controllers attached to it, and wireless microphones aren’t compatible either. In-game chat might still be a pipe dream for a lot of Switch games, but at least we don’t have to be pinned to our Switches for sake of our streamlined audio.
What Else Came In Switch Update 13.0.0?
Click to enlargeA few extra details have arrived in the new hardware update for the Nintendo Switch, but the big stuff is mostly to accommodate for the upcoming OLED Model of the console’s arrival.
A dock update also prepares the new OLED dock for LAN connections, plus the console now offers the option to remain connected to the internet in sleep mode by default, control stick calibration has been adjusted, and there is a way to check if your internet connection is using either a 2.4GHz or 5GHz frequency.
It’s a very tidy update that’s given fans something they’ve wanted for a very long time now. Who knows - now that we’ve got Bluetooth audio, maybe game folders aren’t too far off?
