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antaholics
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9 months ago
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Cant use bluetooth headphones while using Airplay?

Just bought the Streaming Stick 4K and running into a dealbreaker. It looks like if I use airplay to play a video from my iPhone to the Roku stick, the bluetooth headphones connected through the Roku app on the same iPhone stop working? I can get audio through the app fine on Disney+, and I can get Airplay to stream the video fine, but I can't get both at the same time?

Unfortunately I bought the Roku for a specific setup where I need to use my headphones 100% of the time, so if I have to use the phone app to connect my headphones to the Roku it's already pretty bad, and if I can't do it with Airplay, that's a dealbreaker.

  • RokuJohnB's avatar
    RokuJohnB
    8 months ago

    Hi antaholics,

    Greetings from the Roku Community!

    Please be advised that you cannot generally use Bluetooth headphones while simultaneously using AirPlay on a Roku device. Roku devices do not support playing audio through both Bluetooth and AirPlay at the same time; you can only choose one audio output method at a time. 

    We hope this helps. Please let us know if there's anything else that we can do to assist you.

    All the best,
    John

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    RokuJohnB
    Community Moderator
    8 months ago

    Hi antaholics,

    Greetings from the Roku Community!

    Please be advised that you cannot generally use Bluetooth headphones while simultaneously using AirPlay on a Roku device. Roku devices do not support playing audio through both Bluetooth and AirPlay at the same time; you can only choose one audio output method at a time. 

    We hope this helps. Please let us know if there's anything else that we can do to assist you.

    All the best,
    John