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Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

Rusty_1 — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:02:24 GMT

I'm looking for ideas as to why Windows 11 ARM would be missing the bluetooth adapter.

I've got "share bluetooth devices with windows" checked in settings for the VM. I'm running "Player Version 13.0.2 (21581413)" on Ventura 13.5.1 on a MacBook Pro M1max.

I followed the guide to get an ARM iso using w11arm_esd2iso utility. This got me Win11 Pro 22H2 installed with seemingly everything working except the lack of a bluetooth device.

I've tried toggling the share bluetooth setting in VMWare, rebooting the VM with it off/on/etc with no results.

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

MerlevedeN — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:23:29 GMT

Did you installed VMware Tools?

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

Rusty_1 — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:36:37 GMT

I did from a PowerShell script where the guide said to.

Also just double-checked to make sure by trying to reinstall them via powershell.

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

Technogeezer — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:35:42 GMT

From what I can see, Fusion support for passing Bluetooth devices to a VM is extremely limited:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/13/com.vmware.fusion.using.doc/GUID-9C42F404-F254-4E42-A5A7-2876B408FBB1.html

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

Rusty_1 — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:38:03 GMT

I read that as well, but I would think the device would at least show up in Windows. I'm not even getting a device/adapter to show.

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

Technogeezer — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:42:42 GMT

Same thing happens in Linux, by the way. From what I can surmise, if the device can't be passed through, there's no virtual Bluetooth device that gets presented to the VM. Sp I can't tell if I don't have a compatible Bluetooth device, or that Fusion on Apple Silicon doesn't support passthrough of Bluetooth devices at all.

What kind of BT device are you looking to connect to the VM?

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

MerlevedeN — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:49:39 GMT

Why do you want a Bluetooth device in your vm? What device do you want to connect into the vm?

If if is a headset, you can connect to the host and pass through the sound setting to the vm.

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

Rusty_1 — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:50:38 GMT

I'm trying to connect to this MX+ OBDLink scan tool but I've also tried just connecting do my iPhone 14 as a test.

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

Rusty_1 — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:51:57 GMT

I should've specified, but I'm using some Windows proprietary software to connect with the bluetooth OBDII scanner I mentioned above.

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

Rusty_1 — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 21:10:19 GMT

Also just to clarify (the edit button isn't working), the Windows guest doesn't show a bluetooth adapter at all--no matter what device I have connected to the MacBook or no device connected.

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

ColoradoMarmot — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:54:40 GMT

I believe the only way to get this to work is to use a USB bluetooth adapter and connect that to the guest with Fusion. Then you can connect bluetooth devices directly to the guest.

Honestly though, if there's any option to just hard wire it, I'd do that first.

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

Rusty_1 — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:04:35 GMT

I think you may be right. I might try that, but I might just find a usb or wifi code reader and go with that.

Thanks!

Re: Windows 11 ARM missing bluetooth device

vga13 — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:47:46 GMT

in my case i need it for windows link to phone, in order to make a phone hostpot. bluetooth is needed in order to detect devices and connect to direct wifi