I really had no idea of the likely budget or complexity of such an item. I'd never bought, or even looked for, Bluetooth USB adaptors before buying this. So if you are on an older machine and perhaps wanting to get "Handoff" to work with you apple watch for instance, you may want to look elsewghere for a solution.
This is a general rule of thumb and not specific to this item You should always ensure you have the latest version of the Continuity Activation Tool. This is arguably a minor concern, and a price worth paying bearing in mind the enhanced functionality you receive in return, but it needs to be noted.īecause of the system file hacks, you’ll need to reapply the hack whenever you update OS X. In other words, the overall security level of your Mac will be lowered a notch. Use Continuity with older Macs: Words of warningįor the Continuity Activation Tool to work it needs to hack a handful of system files and also disable driver signing. Otherwise as I found out after ordering this you will have to Hack settings and: It will only work with OSX on computers that have the bluetooth 4.0 software already. The blurb says it will work with OSX, But Beware. I thought there may be some lag, but if there is, I can't notice it.Īnd for music, when streaming, it has not let me down.įor the price, the Kinivo BTD-400 is a bargain. I have not had any signal drops and my Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones work flawlessly with them when gaming. Do not use any software you may have been given with the adapter, but if you do have issues due to Windows updates (these things happen), here is the link to easily sort them.
KINIVO BLUETOOTH DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 10 INSTALL
If you are using Windows 10 or 11 you just let Windows install it for you.
KINIVO BLUETOOTH DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 10 DRIVERS
Because it works better than any I have used before and if you follow the link to the drivers below, you can set it up and then forget about it. The Kinivo BTD-400 is the best value Bluetooth 4.0 adapter I've ever used (I'm looking at you Belkin). Unless you want to walk around the house, away from the signal, 4.0 should be fine. 5.0 also has about twice the bandwidth, but for the average person that shouldn't be an issue.
4.0 has an indoor range of about 10m and 5.0 has an indoor range of about 40m. Plus, the only main differences for the average consumer between Bluetooth 4.0 and 5.0 is the range and bandwidth.
Sometimes that may be true, but generally it's a myth. Bluetooth adapters vary so much in price that you would be forgiven for thinking that the expensive ones do much more.