Avantree C81 USB-C Bluetooth Adapter for PS5 - Connect Headphones Wirelessly with aptX Low Latency Support and Included Mini Mic

I honestly thought that this just wouldn’t work. Or if it did, it would be unreliable, cutting out all the time or having latency issues. I AM SO GLAD THIS PROVED ME COMPLETELY WRONG!! I plugged this product right in, and my Sony XM4s synced right up. It has been a breeze ever since then. It has never failed. It has never gotten staticky. It has never lagged or had latency. Never disconnected randomly or stopped working where I had to unplug and plug back in. No worries about buying this one. I expected that not every single headphone would work with the mic. So in my case, I have to use the mic on the controller, but I don’t use the mic very often anyway. The main part is gaming through the headphones. So as long as you have the expectation that maybe your mic might not work, I don’t believe any of the bad reviews. This thing is incredible. Buy with confidence!

Work well with Android and Sony+Bose headphones. Airpods are gen 1 and intermittent. Instructions are a little tough to understand and device name isn't clear when finding Bluetooth devices to pair. Definitely test before flight so it's easier to initiate when needed. Some reduction in volume but still worth it. Note: i keep bluetooth in my phone off but enable usb debugging (pixel 6). This unit directly connects to the headsets so you can keep bluetooth phone antenna off. Also paired this with AD ADTRIP USB C Splitter 1 in 2 Out so i can now charge my phone without issue and listen to 2 headset at the same time.

This device works nearly flawlessly. After initial pairing, simply unplug or plug in to stop or start using. I did end up returning only because for the price I can get whatever new bluetooth codes that this doesn't support. I was happy with it's performance (Original review) I bought this for a ps5, and while I have only tried it initially to see if it works properly, I am quite happy with this product. I put my headphones on pair, plugged the receiver it into the ps5 and they paired. Loaded up some streaming services to check on audio synch and found it to be perfect. I then unplugged it put the USB adapter on it and plugged it into the back USB, with the device sitting on top of the console. Worked exactly the same. Paired immediately. Flawless audio, nothing out of synch. I also tried the included microphone, which worked perfectly fine. I will change this review if anything changes, but this is a pretty good product.

I bought this for our PS5 so we could have wireless headphones--two headphones in fact for two player games. For the most part they work great, no noticeable lag, and reliably reconnect. I have tried the following devices: - Soundcore noise cancelling over ear phones -- these are the ideal solution because they have volume buttons. - Air Pods pro (2nd gen) -- these DO NOT work. They will disconnect after a few minutes. This is an Apple defect for pairing with certain Bluetooth devices, which they have yet to fix. - Air Pods pro (1st gen) -- these work but the lack of volume control and reconnecting is problematic (see below) Below are things to be aware of with using this and PS5. SOUND QUALITY and DUAL CONNECTION Generally it is easy to pair two devices for the first time. I have noticed that the audio sometimes echoes (like you are in a metal box) when two headphones are connected. Not sure if this is the game, the wireless connection in general, or only happens when you have two as we have observed. It is not constant and maybe happens a few times each hour of play so certainly livable, but strange. I will update this comment if I learn more. VOLUME When you have headphones or ear buds that do not have a volume control, you must control the volume using the PS5 menu. When one person has integrated volume controls and the other does not, you need to adjust to PS5 to suite the second person and then the one with volume controls can adjust to their liking (the volume of the PS5 will affect BOTH people if they are on one Avantree.) Keep in mind that volume controls are profile specific and that by default player ONE is controlling the volume for both headphones, so you will need to adjust player ONE. Player 2 can "take over" volume control but then it will be using their profile's settings, so you would ideally need to make both profiles work the same. MICROPHONE The Avantree cannot use the wireless microphone built into your headphones or earbuds. Actually, it can but it will switch to a lower-quality audio feed whenever you speak. This is due to Bluetooth limitations and not specific to Avantree, but nonetheless it can be annoying. If you need a microphone what I recommend is to switch the PS5 to use the controller microphone. You may need to do this every time you play (see PS5 Preference). There are various microphone options on the Avantree itself you can read about if you have different needs. RECONNECTION As with most Bluetooth situations, your headphones will reconnect to the last device you used. If you have a dedicated pair of headphones or earbuds for the Avantree/PS5, you will have no problems. But if you use the same pair with multiple devices (say a phone, watch, and PS5) then you will run into preference issues. This is not specific to Avantree but it more noticeable with Avantree-like devices because you don't have nice menu to force the connection, such as on a phone. You may have to play with the other device settings (e.g. tell the phone/watch not to connect automatically) to have a smooth operation. The only way to force reconnection on the Airpods for me was to turn off the Bluetooth on the phone and watch, then disconnect the Avantree and plug it back in. That would force the Airpods to find it again and reconnect. Another way is to go through the pairing process again. I give this example just so you know there might be some challenges getting it to all work the way you intend. PS5 PREFERENCE Having any audio device plugged into the PS5 will cause it to default to that device. That means every time you turn the PS5 on, it will; default to using the Avantree regardless if you have the headphones on or not (PS5 just sees the Avantree and not the headphones on the other side). So you will need to manually switch it to your external speakers if you don't want headphones, every time, or just simply unplug the Avantree to force PS5to auto-switch. This also applies to the microphone setting. I like to leave the Avantree plugged in so you can also change a setting in the PS5 audio setup so it remembers the last audio device and doesn't automatically switch. Pick whichever process works for you. Overall, this works fine for our needs so I like the product. It's quirkiness is mostly due to how Bluetooth works and specific vendor issues, such as for Apple Air Pods Pro 2nd Gen (not compatible at this time).

Worked fine for about 3 months. Now it only works occasionally for a while before it turns off and doesn't want to turn back on no matter where I plug it in. It can go days plugged in without turning on and then randomly turns on one day just for it to shut down after a few minutes.

I got this cause I wanted to use some Bluetooth earbuds for my PS5. PS5 doesn't support Bluetooth audio earbuds (yet) so I figured I would work around it by pairing the buds with the TV. However, the audio between any type of earbuds and TV was off by like a second. So I found this audio adapter and the desync between the buds and audio is gone. Set up was easy. Just plugged it into the PS5 USB-C slot. PS5 recognized it and automatically switched the audio to the adapter. Change your buds into pairing mode and then hold the button on the BT adapter until it starts to flash to pair both. Should be good to go from there. Not using this for the mic feature. Most, if not all BT adapters have bad quality when using the mic feature anyway. Things to note. I did try this with 3 sets of buds. My 2 newer buds which advertise 5.2/5.3 Bluetooth tech still had audio desync issues. However, my older set works perfectly. I found this to be fine since my older buds sound the best out of the three. Hope this helps. Earbuds that Worked: GOLREX Bluetooth Headphones Wireless Earbuds-https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BGJ2NNJ2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 Earbuds that had lag: JLab Go Air Sport -https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09RGB47FJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 PocBuds T60 - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C3W4MNN1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

The device works well with connecting with my AirPods 2nd Gen as long as I turn off the Bluetooth on my cellphone. Then you might have to wait a few seconds for them to sync. You do have to change the audio chat settings a bit if you’re playing cross play since I’ve been told I sound like I’m underwater sometimes. It does work well with my Dre Beats Studio Pros and wireless JBL speaker. Connects much faster with those compared to my AirPods. Also audio chat works much better with my Beats. But it is very useful if you want to use your AirPods while watching Netflix late at night. Good device, just have to play around with it a bit. There’s a few useful YouTube videos that explains the process better. Hope this helps 👍🏽

I bought this device because the new Lenovo Yoga Tab 11 tablet I bought would not support two headphones via Bluetooth at once. My wife and I are planning an international trip next year so I wanted something lighter than a laptop but more than a cell for internet access and entertainment during air travel or long layovers. I saw this product and liked how small it was along with the claim of supporting two pairs of headphones which was just what I was looking for. When I received the product, I went to work trying it out first with a pair of Lenovo Yoga headphones and Jabra Elite 7 Active earbuds. I was able to pair the headphones with no trouble and the sound was fine. I then tried to pair the Jabra earbuds and even though it looked like they paired ok, the best I could get out of them was very clipped sound and very low volume. To be fair, I had not taken into account that the earbuds use their own Bluetooth channel to communicate between the two sides. I then borrowed my wife's Sony Bluetooth headphones (both them and the Lenovo headphones support Bluetooth 5.0) and tried to pair them to the device. No matter what I tried (turning off all other Bluetooth devices, doing master resets on both, even getting into one of our vehicles that has no Bluetooth devices at all), I was unable to pair the two. I thought about buying some new Bluetooth headphones, but was not confident that they would work any better (so I can't speak to whether that would have worked or not). I even contacted Avantree and spoke to a real representative which spent several minutes trying to help me through the problems. I do think this speaks well for Avantree as well as the offer of a free extended warranty on the product. Ultimately, my problem is that I could not get the product to work as I needed it to and I really wanted it to and as advertised. You may have better luck with this but I had to return the item.

Possédant des AirPods Max et une PS5, n'ayant pas envie d'acheter un casque gaming car mon casque ne me sert qu'a isoler le son de mes jeux et en même temps avoir une oreille sur ce qui se passe dans la pièce, je me suis dit que j'allais chercher comment faire pour coupler AirPods / PS5. Avec un câble branché sur la manette ça fonctionne très bien mais c'est bien moins pratique. J'ai essayé un Créative MX3 qui n'a pas fonctionné, je me suis tourné vers celui-ci sans trop y croire et bien ça fonctionne très bien ! Après démarrage de la console j'ai branché le petit dongle, il a été reconnu rapidement, j'ai approché mes AirPods Max et surprise ça a fonctionné du premier coups. Au redémarrage de la console, idem le casque est reconnu directement, ce qui est bien pratique. Il n'y a qu'un seul petit bémol toutefois, si la console est en mode veille et que le dongle reste branché, le casque n'est plus reconnu sur mes autres appareils, mais bon ça ce n'est pas trop important il suffit de l'enlever après la session de jeu. En tout cas pour le moment je suis satisfait c'est exactement ce que je cherchais. A voir dans le temps...

Worked perfectly

The device works great on the PS5. Plug and play. Did not notice any lag. I use it to connect my PS5 on my Bose soundbar. Works great!

Amazing and useful accessory. If bought a PS and instead of TV, I had a monitor. I was able to connect my PS to a speaker via this as PS does not support connection to a bluetooth speaker.

I am using this to connect both my Astro A30 and SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro 7p to my PC and PS5 to receive simultaneous audio from both those devices without the need of cables. This tiny little device works wonders. I am not noticing any latency and it is very easy to setup, just plug the device in and set your headset to pairing mode and boom it connects almost instantly. Knowing that this will future proof my ps5 with any bluetooth headset I buy it makes looking for the perfect headset much easier. Big fan.