Customers say
Customers report that the Bluetooth adapter works perfectly on Ubuntu and with hearing aids, and is easy to set up with no additional configuration needed. The adapter connects easily with Bluetooth headphones, and customers find it great value for money. While some customers report excellent sound quality, others experience choppy audio. The connectivity and range receive mixed feedback, with some customers reporting good connections while others mention poor range.
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A quick rundown of this product’s key features:
Nano-sized USB 2.0 Bluetooth 5.0 + EDR adapter that is the smallest sized BT 5.0 USB adapter on Amazon. (Single chip combines BT baseband, modem, and BT RF into a tiny package while providing full performance)
Bluetooth SIG Certified for maximum compatibility and consistent performance. Bluetooth 5.0 standard, transfers data up to 4 times faster than Bluetooth 4.2 standards while saving energy.
Plug-n-Play Support with Linux kernel 5.8 or above, Mint 21, and Windows 11/10. Supports Windows 8.1, Linux driver available for kernels 2.6.32 – 5.8 (supports Fedora & Ubuntu only). Visit the EDiMAX website for the latest support information and driver download.
Single-chip Bluetooth 5 controller, combines multiple protocols for full features: LM, LL, L2CAP, GATT, RFCOMM, SPP, LE.
Supports dual mode (BR/EDR + LE Controllers), compatible with previous versions, including v2.1 + LE and Bluetooth classic (BDR/EDR). Supports Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) with multiple Low Energy states.
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Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: Mario Chacon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect for Debian 12
Review: If you’re looking for a Bluetooth dongle that works with Debian 12, this one is perfect. It’s easy to configure, and the quality is good.
Reviewer: Chris Hayes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works perfectly on latest ubuntu and kernel
Review: Operating System: Ubuntu 24.10 (Kernel 6.11)I was worried this dongle wouldn’t work since kernel versions above 5.8 aren’t mentioned, but on 6.11 I’m having no issues. I did not install any additional drivers to get the dongle working.My use case – my built-in intel bluetooth module was struggling to keep a connection with my bose earbuds. With this dongle, the connection and range is DRAMATICALLY improved. I thought I would need an antenna to get a decent connection, but this tiny dongle is enough. Before I couldn’t stand next to my PC without the bluetooth connection flaking out, now I can walk a good 20 feet away with no connection stuttering.The one challenge if you’re in the same situation is dealing with two active bluetooth adapters. I found it easiest to use a bluetooth manager GUI like “Blueman Manager”. With that, I was able to “forget” my bluetooth earbuds on the old adapter, and then pair the earbuds to the new adapter.
Reviewer: S. Moon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing coverage with this!
Review: I had a few notebooks and a PC. I live in a studio apartment and I can not have headphones and walk around, the Bluetooth signal breaks up. I got a Mac Mini and with that I can walk all over the place, including go outside, and the signal wouldn’t break up. I thought it was Apple magic but nope, just turns out it was the receiver. I got one of these and magically the signal is as good as on my mac mini. I got two of these so far and they work great on Windows and Linux. You just need to make sure you change what the system is using on the wifi card to this receiver. Linux occasionally will switch back to the internal Bluetooth and I need to change it back to this one. No drivers needed, it automatically works. I think windows has the driver also.
Reviewer: AC
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works on plug-in with Manjaro KDE and Bose Soundsport Free
Review: I use this to stream audio to my TWS headphones so I can listen to music, videos, and audio books while working out or doing projects around the house. I’ve been using it for about a month now, and I’m pretty satisfied with it.It worked on plug-in with Manjaro KDE, and integrated with the OS without any additional configuration. It reliably auto-connects and the system even routes audio to it while it is connected, and then restores it to my main headphones when it is not.Audio quality is decent, about what you would expect from something like this. Not as good as a direct connection obviously, but for most non-critical listening this is perfectly sufficient. Just make sure your headphones support the higher bitrate codecs – I knew mine didn’t, but double check to be sure. I have some Bose Soundsport Free headphones which are vented, which is great because I can hear what’s going on around the house, but they don’t support any advanced codec at all. So I end up with about a 500ms delay on the audio. That’s fine for me – if I’m at my desk, I’m using my main headphones anyway, but just be aware.Range is tricky. With the Soundsports, it’s pretty bad, maybe twenty feet in open air, ten feet if there’s any obstruction. I have some Sony WF-1000XM4 TWS earbuds and they do better, but only by about 50%. If you are going more than 15ft from the source, you may have issues. However, my system is close to a wireless router and a UPS, so that may be interfering in my case.Broadly, for this price, I’d recommend this. Sure you can look for higher quality transmitters that go for $50-$100, but until you pull the trigger on that, this should serve your purposes fine.
Reviewer: R. Guilmette
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works good on Ubuntu 22.xx or later.
Review: I bought this Bluetooth dongle just to test and see if the built-in bluetooth on the used iPhone that I had bought off that big auction site (you know which one) was working properly. I had to get off my butt, stop procrastinating, and update my installed desktop Ubuntu from 20.xx to 22.xx in order to use this dongle, but doing that wasn’t hard. After that I had to install a couple of other things to see if I could play music tracks that I had stored on my iPhone (in iTunes), via Bluetooth, out and into my desktop Ubuntu system and then out to my desktop speakers. (None of this was too awfully hard.) Anyway, it all ended up working perfectly, so I’m happy with my purchase of this item.
Reviewer: Seth
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Broke and didn’t work very well
Review: Thing broke apart when trying to pull it out of the usb slot because it fit so tightly. Also didn’t work that great compared to other dongles.
Reviewer: Doug
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: It works.
Review: Worked out of the box with ubuntu 22.04. My old, old laptop went from not being able to connect to some newer bluetooth devices to working perfectly with them. Just had to read up on bluetoothctl to figure out how to manage two controllers.
Reviewer: Michael Gentile
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good product
Review: Works like a charm great reception
Reviewer: Brad
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Many BT dongles do not work with Linux but this one was easy plug ‘n play on Ubuntu 24.04. It eventually worked on Windows 10 too but it took some futzing around. It seems a driver for a BT dongle I no longer own was “stuck” in Windows but eventually the right driver installed and it now works on Ubuntu and Win. I can share files with other devices and it connects with my BT headset (ear buds and mic) so I can talk over my VOIP phone on my tablet or listen to music.
Reviewer: BrodieRJ
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Sucessfully used this to connect 8bitdo Bluetooth controllers in both Linux Mint and Batocera.
Reviewer: DenisBD
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Good bluetooth dongle.as advertised
Reviewer: garry
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Worked out of the box What more do you need
Reviewer: Nick
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is a similar dongle to ASUS USB-BT500, both are using rtl8761bu chipset which has excellent Linux support.
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