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=== Using Bluetooth headset buttons to control media player ===

~~Some~~ bluetooth headsets have buttons for pause/play or to skip to the next track.

Many bluetooth headsets have buttons for pause/play or to skip to the next track.

To make these buttons usable with media players supporting the dbus-based [https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mpris-spec/latest/ MPRIS] standard,

one can use <code>mpris-proxy</code> that is part of bluez package.

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Or, starting with Home Manager 21.05, enable the <code>mpris-proxy</code> service.

Some headsets (such as Sony's WH-1000XM series) also support AVRCP directly and as such <code>mpris-proxy</code> is not required for this functionality, as headset button presses will register as media key presses. If you are using a WM or a desktop environment which doesn't support media keys, you will have to set up keybindigs yourself; the keys are typically called <code>XF86AudioPlay</code>, <code>XF86AudioPause</code>, <code>XF86AudioNext</code>, and <code>XF86AudioPrev</code>. However, note that some functionality, such as "take off headphones to pause" on WH-1000XM4/5 requires two-way AVRCP communication to work properly, so `mpris-proxy` is still recommended if you wish to use it. It also may or may not help with Bluetooth multipoint.

==== System-Wide PulseAudio ====

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=== Showing battery charge of bluetooth devices ===

If you want to see what charge your bluetooth devices have you have to enable experimental features, which might lead to bugs (according to [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth_headset#Battery_level_reporting Arch Wiki). You can add the following to your config to enable experimental feature for bluetooth:

If you want to see what charge your bluetooth devices have you have to enable experimental features, which might lead to bugs (according to [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth_headset#Battery_level_reporting Arch Wiki]). You can add the following to your config to enable experimental feature for bluetooth:

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 === Using Bluetooth headset buttons to control media player ===
-Some bluetooth headsets have buttons for  pause/play or to skip to the next track.
+Many bluetooth headsets have buttons for  pause/play or to skip to the next track.
 To make these buttons usable with media players supporting the dbus-based [https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mpris-spec/latest/ MPRIS] standard,
 one can use <code>mpris-proxy</code> that is part of bluez package.
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 Or, starting with Home Manager 21.05, enable the <code>mpris-proxy</code> service.
+Some headsets (such as Sony's WH-1000XM series) also support AVRCP directly and as such <code>mpris-proxy</code> is not required for this functionality, as headset button presses will register as media key presses. If you are using a WM or a desktop environment which doesn't support media keys, you will have to set up keybindigs yourself; the keys are typically called <code>XF86AudioPlay</code>, <code>XF86AudioPause</code>, <code>XF86AudioNext</code>, and <code>XF86AudioPrev</code>. However, note that some functionality, such as "take off headphones to pause" on WH-1000XM4/5 requires two-way AVRCP communication to work properly, so `mpris-proxy` is still recommended if you wish to use it. It also may or may not help with Bluetooth multipoint.
 ==== System-Wide PulseAudio ====
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 === Showing battery charge of bluetooth devices ===
-If you want to see what charge your bluetooth devices have you have to enable experimental features, which might lead to bugs (according to [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth_headset#Battery_level_reporting Arch Wiki). You can add the following to your config to enable experimental feature for bluetooth:
+If you want to see what charge your bluetooth devices have you have to enable experimental features, which might lead to bugs (according to [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth_headset#Battery_level_reporting Arch Wiki]). You can add the following to your config to enable experimental feature for bluetooth:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">{
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