I want to avoid buying a bluetooth speaker, and would rather use my computer's speakers to play my phone's audio. This would allow me to control music from the native music app on my phone (Android, Nexus 4).
I've considered using this bluetooth receiver that my speakers would plug into. At that point, I would want my computer paired %100 of the time, and my phone only when I want to play music (I want to avoid constant pairing and unpairing). Would both phone and computer (a custom build Windows 8 machine) be able to pair to the bluetooth receiver and use the speakers at the same time?
Maybe I'm making this too complicated… Is there an easier way for me to achieve this (having dedicated computer speakers that will play music from my phone wirelessly)?
Best Answer
I realize this thread is a couple years old now, but in case anyone else comes across it:
With windows 8.1 (not sure about windows 8), you don't need anything extra to play audio from an Android phone (not sure about iPhone), just pair the phone with the computer and go to Bluetooth settings and select to connect to the PC (by name) then select whatever audio on the phone you want to play.
Any media played on the phone will play through the computers speakers. Phone calls will still be routed to the phone.