Howdy folks,
I finally purchased both ASUS BT400 and BT500 dongles and wanted to provide an update on my BT experiences.
I also have the LAIRD BT851 for quite a while, but was never able to get work while using Clover bootloader in Catalina. After switching to OpenCore it began working flawlessly in Catalina with every device I’ve thrown at it.
Bluetooth Devices:
- iPhone X
- 2018 iPad Pro 12.9”
- Apple Magic Mouse
- Apple Magic Trackpad
- Apple Magic Keyboard
- 3 Xbox Series X Controllers
- SteelSeries Arctis 9X
- Beats Solo3
- Beats Powerbeats Pro
- Logitech MX Keys
- Logitech MX Ergo
LAIRD BT851:
Catalina: Flawless
Monterey: Unrecognized
BT500:
Catalina: Unrecognized
Monterey: Unrecognized
BT400:
Catalina: Mostly Working
Monterey: Mostly working
“Flawless” — all above listed bluetooth devices working properly and without exception.
“Unrecognized” — menubar icon has a wavy line through it and device scan in BT preferences is unavailable.
“Mostly Working” — bluetooth functionality
WORKS WITH SOME: iPhone X, iPad Pro, Magic Mouse/Keyboard/Trackpad, Arctis 9X Headset, Beats Solo3); but
DOES NOT WORK WITH: Powerbeats Pro, Logitech MX Keys/Ergo, or any of my Xbox X controllers.
For whatever reason, the dongle is unable to establish a stable connection to such devices.
In way of my Logitech devices, they fortunately included a Unifying Dongle, so I am still able to use MX Keys/Ergo — albeit at the expense of a USB port.
I do not have a workaround for the Xbox controller issue.
I have only been able to do limited testing and no troubleshooting, and am sticking with Catalina until I can get BT functionality ironed out to a degree that I’m comfortable with.
Being that the BT500 goes unrecognized in both Catalina and Monterey for me, meanwhile others have it working would indicate some kind of setup/config issue on my end.
If there’s an upside to the BT400’s inconsistency, it would be that its failures appear consistent across OS versions.
If you have any troubleshooting/config/setup suggestions, let me know and I’ll try them as time permits.