choose between output to wired headphones or wireless via speakers icon in taskbar

[MarcLee]

HP ENVY x360 - 15m-cn0011dx Product3VU72UA

As we know this is a high-end latop with B&O speakers 🙂 

What I am not able to do is use the volume mixer icon in the taskbar near the clock to choose whether I want the audio output to be via the speakers OR via the wired headphones -> so each time I want to make a zoom call I have to plug in my headphones, and then when I want to listen to the music then I need to unplug them. This is frustrating and also not good for the hardware

I had a much cheaper and older HP from work until last week and in that I could choose which one to output the audio from via the volume icon in the taskbard and I did not need to constantly keep unplugging the headphone 10 times a day!

Please let me know how I can do that on my HP Envy x360.

[Echo_Lake]

@MarcLee

Thank you for posting on HP Support Community.
 

Don't worry as I'll be glad to help, I have a few troubleshooting steps we could try to fix the issue:  

You can either right-click the speaker icon in your notification area and then select “Open Sound Settings” or navigate to Settings > System > Sound. In the Sound settings, scroll down to the “Other Sound Options” section, and then click the “App Volume And Device Preferences” option.

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