Steam Deck constantly searching for bluetooth pairing and not connecting

[The Long Journey]

When I turn on the bluetooth function for my steam deck, it gets stuck searching for a device to pair with despite my earbuds being on very close by. My Steam deck's bluetooth was working fine before the most recent update. My earbuds connect fine to all my devices.

[Rhomagus]

Try making sure Bluetooth is enabled in Desktop Mode. For some reason the toggle switch in Gaming Mode doesn't operate if it has been disabled in Desktop Mode.

[Volnutt]

Originally posted by Rhomagus:

Try making sure Bluetooth is enabled in Desktop Mode. For some reason the toggle switch in Gaming Mode doesn't operate if it has been disabled in Desktop Mode.

Thanks for this. It has been rather frustrating