How To Enable Bluetooth aptX Support For Dell Windows 10 Systems

You need to download the codec from Dell's official website. Download the driver file named Intel 8260 Bluetooth Audio Application (WBS/APTX). Run the EXE, and click the Install option when you see it. For good measure, restart your system.

1. Does Windows 10 support Bluetooth aptX?
2. How do I enable aptX in Windows 10?
3. How do I find my Bluetooth codec Windows 10?
4. What Bluetooth codecs does Windows 10 support?
5. How do I know if aptX is working?
6. Is aptX better than AAC?
7. What is the difference between APTX and APTX HD?
8. How important is APTX?
9. How do I find my Bluetooth codec?
10. What's the best Bluetooth codec?
11. Does Bluetooth 4.2 support APTX?

Does Windows 10 support Bluetooth aptX?

Apparently, Windows 10 has supported the aptX codec since the first release (1507). According to this Reddit thread, Windows 10 aptX support does not require any drivers in addition to what is part of the OS.

How do I enable aptX in Windows 10?

How can I use / enable aptX in Windows 10? Depends entirely on the chipset your PC is using. According to the linked reddit post, Intel 8260 or 7265/3165/7260/3160 all support AptX, but may need a special driver installed and a checkbox checked to make it work.

How do I find my Bluetooth codec Windows 10?

Doing some digging seems to show that Windows 10 now natively supports Apt-X, the Bluetooth codec.
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1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Devices.
3. Click on Connected Devices and then the list that will appear will show all the devices that are connected to your Windows 10 computer.

What Bluetooth codecs does Windows 10 support?

This proves what I had suspected in my original article: Windows 10 supports aptX.

• A2DP.
• aptX.
• Audio.
• Bluetooth.
• Codec.
• Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT)

How do I know if aptX is working?

Go to Settings again and look for 'Developer Options' on the menu. In 'Developer Options' select 'Audio Codec'. You will get a list of all the codecs your phone supports (including aptX HD). Now, simply select aptX HD, connect your (aptX HD-enabled) headphone and enjoy high-quality audio in no time.

Is aptX better than AAC?

This depends on your source device. iOS devices will fair best with AAC, while Android devices will do well with aptX or aptX LL. LDAC is fine, but its higher kbps performance isn't quite as reliable as 660kbps and support for the codec is relatively difficult to find compared to aptX.

What is the difference between APTX and APTX HD?

The only difference between aptX and aptX HD is that the latter adds two extra bits of information across all of the codec's frequency bands, giving you a 12dB improvement to the codec's noise floor. This is great for subtle, high-frequency detail—which risks becoming lost under the high noise floor with regular aptX.

How important is APTX?

aptX can perform better sound transfers by reducing the audio's file size before transmission without affecting its sound quality. In other words, given the same bandwidth pipeline used by other codecs, it can squeeze more data through to the listening device, resulting in better quality sound.

How do I find my Bluetooth codec?

Method 1: Check Bluetooth Codec being used between your phone and earphones. Step 2: Now open “Developer Option”. You will find the option listed in Settings Menu, mostly under the 'System' sub-menu. Step 4: From here, you can check Codecs that are supported by both your paired earphones or headphones and your phone.

What's the best Bluetooth codec?

AptX supports 16-bit/48 kHz LCPM audio data up to 352 kbps, and is what is considered a 'lossy compressed' format. That means you get really small file sizes. This is the most popular consumer Bluetooth codec out there today for MP3s. Most Android smartphones support this Bluetooth audio codec.

Does Bluetooth 4.2 support APTX?

The most beneficial feature of Bluetooth 5.0 technology is its ability to work with data transfer rates, which are as high as 2 Mbps. ... To put this into the right perspective, at the 1 Mbps speed, which came with Bluetooth 4.2, the implementation of the aptX compression standard was already achieved.