I dualboot my PC with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18. With Windows, I can use a google home mini as a bluetooth speaker for the PC. But when in Ubuntu, I can't get it to work:
- After bluetooth connection is established, I only see a
dummy output
in the Settings->Sound->Output, which doesn't do anything - As I kept trying disconnect/reconnect bluetooth and restart PC, very rarely I see google home correctly shows up in the sound output list. But it still doesn't play sound.
- Only ONE time, I was able to at least play test sound in the Settings->Sound. But I couldn't play sound in youtube videos. And I could never reproduce this case anymore.
There is a similar question. But it doesn't seem to attract much traffic. I try to provide more detail here. Connecting with Google Home via Bluetooth