[Bug 1720684] Re: Bluetooth speaker used the HSP/HFP profile by default rather than the higher-quality A2DP profile

[Daniel van Vugt]

Bluetooth audio and profile selection is actually the job of pulseaudio,
not bluez (surprisingly).

Also, A2DP has always been preferred over HSP/HFP but the availability
and detection of A2DP has been historically buggy. So the selection
might not turn out as you hope. AFAIK fixes for this already exist in
17.10 and in 16.04:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio

Unfortunately it seems 17.04 has been neglected in this area. Although
to be fair 17.04 is also end-of-life soon:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please try live-booting the latest 17.10 image and tell us if that has
indeed resolved the problem for your hardware:

http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

** Changed in: bluez (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Package changed: bluez (Ubuntu) => pulseaudio (Ubuntu)

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  Bluetooth speaker used the HSP/HFP profile by default rather than the
  higher-quality A2DP profile

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