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TIL Press win + k to quickly connect to a bluetooth earphone in Windows 10 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ahah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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never again go to system tray bluetooth icon > show bluetooth device > connect

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[–] Vash63@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That makes sense, K for Bluetooth. Very Microsoft.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Konnekt

[–] Number358@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Are Microsoft also stealing the KDE naming konvention?

[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Right up there with Ctrl-X, C and V for Xut, Copy and Vaste respectively.

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

I suspect that's mostly due to the qwerty layout

[–] _Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always interpreted as X because it looks like a pair of scissors, C for copy and V just because it's close to the others.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I just love when patterns fall apart

[–] gnate@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

K is vaguely the shape of the rune in the Bluetooth icon.

[–] Iceman@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This doesn’t work with Win 11 though. I miss it.

[–] e_mc2@feddit.nl 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

My overall experience with Bluetooth connectivity in Win11 has been challenging to put it very mildly.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago

Bluetooth on Windows is trash. It's not possible to have separate left and right volume controls, and headset buttons are not recognized.

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Typical Microsoft

[–] ours@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

Win + I brings a way busier screen but it shows the Bluetooth devices with their connect button right there.

Works in Windows 10 as well but there it requires an extra click to select the device so that the "connect" button is shown.

[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I actually went back to headphones with a cable because of that shit

[–] RushingSquirrel@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I keep the Bluetooth icon always visible in the system tray, double clicking it opens the paired devices directly. Still working on 11.

[–] olicvb@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That's actually one thing from win11 that i like: They put a quick bluetooth menu in the Control Centre (gear icon), no need to open the settings page and scroll through all the devices.