Audio passthrough - do apps need updates for this to work?

Jippie - fixed the problem.

I think it has to do with a configuration update microsoft did.

The solution is simple. Go to your audio settings and disable the "audio passthrough" option, After doing so, not turn off the xbox, but really to a cold boot. So keep the on-off button pressed for a couple of seconds.

After the cold boot, you need to turn the "audio passthrough" function on again. Please, hang on. You will receive a pop-up asking for a extra confirm and a confirm for the blue-ray app (to ask if you want the same thing there).

tada, everything works again on my side.

blueray, netflix etc are in atmos again.

Hi Andrew. My name is Kyle and I'm an independent advisor.

If the soundbar works fine for apps on your TV but not your console, you may need to configure your TV's settings to enable Dolby Digital for HDMI devices. This should be in your TV's audio settings, listed as "Digital Audio Setting" or something similar.

You can also try setting up audio passthrough to see if that helps: https://support.xbox.com/help/hardware-network/display-sound/audio-passthrough

the console does not even have any bluetooth hardware internally, the controllers do as they can connect via bluetooth to pc and wifi to the console.

the reason you see the console under devices on pc is due to it being on the same network.

the controller can be paired via bluetooth on pc but with limitations.

audio passthrough on the controller will not work via bluetooth

wired connection supports audio passthrough

wireless connection with a microsoft wireless adapter for controller with support audio passthrough.

the controller has to be hardwired for audio to work as the xbox controller bluetooth does not allow audio passthrough.

There was someone else that had a similar issue. This was their resolution.

Configure first in manual 1080P, it's just a bug of the autodetect resolution mode that almost never works for passthrough sound even in 1080p now. First you need to switch in display and sound TV connection from Auto-detect
to HDMI. Then you'll have a poor resolution. You'll have to switch to 1080P and then accept all the options available on the right for games and apps, don't forget to select : Allow 4k. When you'll have done this you'll need to go in audio output and select
under speaker audio HDMI audio and 5.1 passthrough (or 7.1 depending on your home-cinema). Here you shouldn't get the error code (0x80bd0009). Then you'll just need to get back to Display and sound and go back to Automatic HDMI resolution.