I have recently purchased a cheap Bluetooth USB dongle from a local shop and plugged it in into my freshly installed Windows 8.1 Pro laptop, as it did not come with a Bluetooth adapter installed. All went good, I have a Bluetooth icon in my taskbar, but unfortunately a toggle to switch Bluetooth on/off in PC Settings – PC and devices – Bluetooth was not added. I would really like to have the option to switch the Bluetooth device on/off from there. Also, airplane mode does not disable Bluetooth, just Wi-Fi. Please tell me the steps needed to have this toggle available in PC settings…
P.S. My Bluetooth USB dongle is listed in Device manager as a Generic Bluetooth Radio made by Cambridge Sillicon Radio.
Best Answer
Usually, bluetooth settings not properly appearing under "PC and devices" is a driver issue. I'd recommend going to the Bluetooth USB dongle manufacturer's website and downloading/installing the latest drives for Windows 8.