I am using external USB audio card to handle speakers, also got the headphones connected to jack port. I need to switch them few times a day and getting extremely frustrated, as the only way I've found is:
- Open search tool.
- Type:
se
. - Click on 'Settings'.
- Navigate to 'Sound'.
- Change output to desired one.
On Unity I could navigate to 'Sounds Settings' from the audio icon in the tray. No idea how to do that on GNOME. Other than this finding GNOME superior to Unity. Happy that Canonical made that move.
Best Answer
You may use the Sound Input & Output Device Chooser GNOME shell extension.
You may visit its GitHub page for more info.
Refer to this to learn more about installing and managing GNOME Shell extensions: How do I install and manage GNOME Shell extensions?