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		voltagex_ on June 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OS X Yosemite >Windows has had a "Use this computer as a Bluetooth Headset" option buried in the Bluetooth preferences for a long time now. Depends which Bluetooth stack you have installed on Windows.

bri3d on June 2, 2014 | [–]

True, like every other Bluetooth feature on Windows.

The stack that I know works is the Broadcom / WIDCOMM one.

IneffablePigeon on June 3, 2014 | [–]

The fact a user might have to know which Bluetooth stack they have installed is quite telling as to why it never caught on.

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