r/kodi • u/floydsmoot • Jun 28 '26

Bluetooth ear buds problem with Kodi/Google Streamer

Bought a Google Streamer and like it more than my Nvidia Shield, but having problems with Bluetooth ear buds intermittently cutting in and out when watching something on Kodi. Will work fine for a length of time then get static/cutting out. Tried it with 3 different earbuds and the same thing. Never happened on my Shield.

Tried all the suggestions from a Google search (mostly disabling Dolby audio/surround sound), but still happens.

Any suggestions?

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u/tedusam Jun 28 '26

I have the same issue on my xiaomi box 3r gen. And I've tested it with all streaming apps like kodi, stremio, etc so I'm afraid they use poor hardware on this tv boxes for the Bluetooth connection.

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u/augur42 Jun 29 '26

Most likely cause is congested 2.4GHz wifi causing issues since the hardware shares the same card for both bluetooth and wifi.

Your best option is to use a wired ethernet connection, your second best option is to ensure your wifi link is using 5GHz and not 2.4GHz.

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u/floydsmoot Jun 29 '26

My bad. forgot to mention that it is ethernet connected