New firmware brings fully untethered Bluetooth experience to Surface Headphones 2+

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Introducing an exciting new firmware update for Surface Headphones 2+ that enables Microsoft Teams® certification over native Bluetooth® without a dongle.

 

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The new firmware, available July 28, enables native Bluetooth for Microsoft Teams, providing an untethered Teams Certified experience on your Surface device, Mac, or PC. Your Surface Headphones 2+ will be Certified for Microsoft Teams with high-quality speech capture and audio so that you sound your best. Experience the convenience of one less thing to carry as you navigate different workspaces during hybrid work life. 

 

  • Certified for Microsoft Teams: With the firmware update, Surface Headphones 2+ is the first Teams-certified device for native Bluetooth, enabling you to enjoy the best Microsoft Teams experience, from exceptional audio quality for calls and media to intuitive, on-device controls for Microsoft Teams.
  • Synchronized Controls for Microsoft Teams: Bring Microsoft Teams to the forefront with the dedicated Microsoft Teams button, answer/end calls, and control your volume and mute state directly on the headset without the dongle.
  • Experience best of Microsoft Teams with or without the dongle: Those who forget or misplace their dongle will still have all the benefits of a certified experience while collaborating on calls without it. Plus, free up a port on your device!
  • Flexibility to meet your needs: You can still use the dongle in crowded workspaces or for a dedicated connection when using multiple Bluetooth devices. With a dongle, different light states indicate whether you are connected, muted/unmuted, or receiving an incoming call.

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New firmware available July 28

 

  • Update your Surface Headphones 2+ via the Surface App installed on your Surface device. Or you can download the Surface App from the Microsoft Store (version 61.5058.139 or later).
  • For Apple Mac users, use the Microsoft Accessory Updater tool available from the Mac App Store.   
  • Once you connect the Surface Headphones 2+ to your host device (PC/Mac), the update will automatically apply to the headphones.
  • To confirm if your Surface Headphones 2+ received the update, go to the Surface App. Under Device information, verify the firmware version is 1.0.7.44 or later. If not, select Update using Bluetooth, as shown below.

 

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Be your most productive anywhere and have the freedom to leave your dongle behind with native Bluetooth for Microsoft Teams on your Surface Headphones 2+, coming to you on July 28.

 

Surface Headphones 2+ is available for commercial customers to order from Surface authorized resellers

 

 

One Reply to “New firmware brings fully untethered Bluetooth experience to Surface Headphones 2+”

  1. And still you can’t deactivate the auto stop función that is triggered by accident in some scenarios constantly and makes the headphones un-usable sometimes. Not a headphones I would recommend at all.

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