Nitro 5 AN517-54 does the Bluetooth adapter in this laptop support Low Latency type protocols?

I have a newer Nitro 5 AN517-54

So I'm looking at Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones that support low latency Bluetooth connections. I have to admit I don't know much about what I'm looking at here.

So question number one, does the Bluetooth adapter in this laptop support low latency type protocols? And question number two, what specifically should I be looking at when it comes to protocols the headphones need to support? I'm not looking at spending a bunch of money here, I'd just like some halfway decent, noise cancelling headphones that I can use when watching videos. This laptop is a beast but the speakers leave a bit to be desired.

PS. I'm not entirely sure where this Bluetooth adapter is connected internally. Most prior laptops I've worked with the Bluetooth adapter is integrated into the wireless adapter. In this case, the wireless adapter is a Killer AX1650i. I do not see anything referencing Bluetooth in the Killer control app. When I look at the Bluetooth device in device manager, I see a "Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)" device. When I look at it with the connections view, it appears to be connected via the USB Root Hub. I've seen devices connected internally via USB before, but I can't say I've seen a Bluetooth adapter there before.

TIA.

[Edited the thread to add issue detail]

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William_mk2

@DavidC1857

I understand you are using a external usb bluetooth adapter.

Please connect it to the usb port present on your computer. You just need to turn on the bluetooth on the computer. Add a bluetooth device and connect it and pair it. It is a very simple process. You can connect any of the bluetooth devices like headset, bluetooth external speakers and other bluetooth devices.

On device manager - you can see the bluetooth info on the top

On the bottom right corner of the taskbar you can see the bluetooth icon.

Kindly refer the details from the link given below

https://www.pcworld.com/article/550822/how-to-turn-on-and-use-bluetooth-in-windows-10.html

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/pair-a-bluetooth-device-in-windows-2be7b51f-6ae9-b757-a3b9-95ee40c3e242#:~:text=Select%20Start%20%3E%20type%20Bluetooth%20%3E%20select,you're%20done%20and%20connected.

https://www.howtogeek.com/367539/how-to-turn-on-and-use-bluetooth-in-windows-10/

https://www.alphr.com/turn-on-bluetooth-windows-10/

https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/how-to-turn-on-bluetooth-on-windows-10

https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-201269/

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/676687/nitro-5-an517-54-bluetooth-low-latency

The Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card fitted to your AN517-54 laptop is the KILLER1650I Wi-Fi/BT Combo Module Interface/Chipset: AX201.NGWG.NVW and Acer provides the OEM driver Version: 22.130.0.2 type driver, which you should be using.

What I've found with my AN515-56 Nitro 5 as my laptop has a very similar Wi-Fi/BT card the Intel AX201 Wi-Fi /BT combo module Interface/Chipset: AX201.NGWG.NV not the AX201.NGWG.NVW (don't know if that makes a difference?) is that on my laptop the only driver that works with my Noise Cancelling JBLLIVE650BTNC type headphone and in Win-11 is the driver version 22.40.0.2 that Acer provides as the OEM BT driver and no other Windows and/or Intel updated Bluetooth drivers (as there have been at least 5 of them including the driver version 22.130.0.2 that is provided for your AN517-54 do not work with my laptop, otherwise and with the Acer OEM BT provided driver version 22.40.0.2 the BT works 100% and perfectly and has a very good range through brick walls and I can even listen to perfect reception on and in other rooms without any breakage in sound.

This is where the AN517-54s WLAN Module is and the white/black wires are the dual antenna wires.

Note: as far as headphones are concerned and especially if "I'm not looking at spending a bunch of money here" from my personal experience as this Wi-Fi/BT card, can output excellent sound and has great range, my advice to you is to NEVER buy anything that has the "GOOGLE ASSIST" on it, I don't know if you can, so do your research, as and if you don't use that feature, the headphone gets ruined like my "Noise Cancelling JBLLIVE650BTNC" type headphone (that are an excellent BT headphone and not real expensive also) the new model is their JBLLive 660NC (USD $199.00).

What google assist is that its a very annoying and recorded reminder that comes on repeatedly with "Your Google Assistant Is Not Connected: and keeps reminding you continually over and over again and interrupts anything that you are listening to, until you pull your hair out, as its that annoying, so you have to turn it off😁 but and if you turn the "Google Assist Off" the noise cancelling also gets turned off, so you don't have the excellent sound of a noise cancelling headphone. Make sure you buy a headphone with noise cancelling that "DOES NOT HAVE GOOGLE ASSIT" as you should be 100% happy with the sound output that the AN517-54 outputs in BT with a noise cancelling headphone as its excellent and has great range also. Good luck and hope this has helped you out.

DavidC1857

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1169349#Comment_1169349

So I have to admit I was a bit confused there for a while.

The laptop came with all software, including drivers, preinstalled. So I assumed the Intel drivers were the right ones. I saw the Killer Bluetooth driver download on the Acer support page for my specific model but I didn't try to download and install it because the Device Manager was telling me I had an Intel Bluetooth adapter.

So based on your advice I downloaded and unzipped the Killer driver package and had a look. I was more confused because all of the drivers in the package were Intel. I went ahead and uninstalled the driver that I had and installed the ones from the Killer download and it installed the same Intel drivers that I had.

All confusion was cleared up, however, when I finally thought to Google "Killer 1650i". Low and behold it turns out that Killer is an Intel brand. This is the product page for the Intel Killer 1650i/s...

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/211610/intel-killer-wifi-6-ax1650-is/specifications.html

So it makes sense that the driver is also Intel branded. Although the network adapter driver isn't, but I'm not even going to go there.

I think I'm on the right track. I have the right card and drivers. It is Bluetooth 5.2 and I'm not really sure what Bluetooth codecs are supported but I'm going to go ahead with a headphone purchase and see what happens.

I looked at the JBL headphones and none of them support any of the low latency codecs, according to JBL Customer Service answers on the headphones listings on Amazon. You have to go to their Quantum model gaming headsets to find anything that supports any kind of low latency stuff. I spent a lot of time on Amazon looking at headphones and I settled on an Ankbit E600 Pro. Excellent reviews and seems to do what I want, even though it's sort of a "never heard of before" named product. If they suck, Amazon has free returns.

Thanks for the information.

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