Now, here’s what it’s like if the Switch can’t pair properly with a waiting headset: It wakes up pretty quickly, right?īut once I pair a headset to the Switch, it’s no longer instant: the screen takes a little longer to light up, and it doesn’t immediately recognize my button press to unlock the system. This is what the Nintendo Switch looks like without any Bluetooth audio devices paired or memorized. And if you run into a ghost pairing issue, you may also have an issue with the Switch waking up from sleep mode – because it seems like the Switch is trying to activate Bluetooth audio before it wakes up the screen and controllers. A message “Cannot find Bluetooth audio devices” appears when I press the scan button. The Switch’s process does: not fail gracefully, and you may encounter all sorts of error messages afterwards.Īfter that point, sometimes my Switch won’t even bother to keep searching for Bluetooth devices. But if it fails to pair properly – as your Switch thinks it’s paired, if your headset flashes like it’s paired but isn’t transmitting audio and doesn’t show up on your Switch screen as a paired headset, you could be in for a world of pain.
Two issues: ghost pairing and wake-up delays
