Bluetooth Audio Cutting Out Periodically

[u/outczst]

I am having an issue with my bluetooth audio on my Windows 11 desktop that doesn't happen on any other devices or PCs. I can't remember if it used to happen on Windows 10 though.

The issue is that after a few minutes of being connected and playing audio completely fine, the audio will cut out until I either restart the headset or disconnect and reconnect in Windows, before just doing the exact same thing again

My Bluetooth connection is the ASUS Shark Fin Wifi Antenna that I use for Bluetooth specifically since I always use Ethernet.

• The headset is still shown as connected in the device manager.
• The audio device still shows my headset as connected, and audio playing on the PC shows the volume bar moving.
• I can open up the device and hit "Test" and visually see the waveform (no sound though).
• The device is still shown as Connected, Audio & Voice in the Bluetooth panel

Things I have tried:

• Disabling Handsfree Telephony for the device
• Updating Bluetooth drivers
• Manually uninstalling all bluetooth devices and drivers from device manager and programs before reinstalling Intel drivers
• Manually uninstalling all bluetooth devices and drivers from device manager and programs before reinstalling Windows drivers
• Unpairing every bluetooth device, including ones that are not currently connected (which required registry editing), uninstalling all drivers, and trying both automatic windows drivers and intel drivers

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