Best Bluetooth Computer Network Adapters
Adds Bluetooth support to Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, or Linux PCs that don't already have it. Supports Bluetooth speakers, headphones, headsets, keyboards, mice, and more. Some audio devices, such as the Bose QuietComfort 35, require downloading specific drivers to function in Windows 7.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I have a great Bluetooth headphones (Satechi Aluminum Bluetooth Wireless Headphones) that I wanted to use at my work computer so I would not distract my other co-workers. The Plugable Technologies allows any non Bluetooth accessible computer or laptop to have Bluetooth capabilities to use with Bluetooth headphones, mice, speakers, keyboards, etc."
"To test it out, I took out my PS4 Bluetooth controller, held down the pairing buttons(briefing holding down the Playstation button while the Share button was held down), and in about 30 seconds total, Windows 10 had finished the process of pairing and connecting my controller via Bluetooth - simple, quick, and magnificent."
"After the initial pairing, connecting it after turning it off is quite quick, and it works with DS4 windows so you can change aspects like the controller light bar color, remap buttons (for emulating a xbox 360 controller in some pc games), or turn off rumble."
"After several hours spent installing, uninstalling drivers, chatting with Microsoft (zero help there...cookie cutter answers that said nothing + made me diagnostic tool that also found nothing) I was dead in the water with wireless bluetooth headphones that worked before the MS update and now only worked with a wire."
"I really like the products from Plugable."
"This works fairly well with my wireless headphones."
"Bought this for my work computer to connect my blue tooth head phones (Skull Candy Grind wireless: LOVE!)."
Multipoint Bluetooth connectivity: simultaneously pair your smartphone and tablet and stream music from either one. Bluetooth Audio Adapter: Makes your speakers Bluetooth for streaming music from your smartphone or tablet.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This unit has RCA holes...that means instead of hooking up a cd player or tape deck...you hook this up to the back of your receiver...then pair it to your phone's music player and Jam!...I had a thousand dollars worth of old gear in the garage and it wasn't being used...this works great...hope this helps some old school folks that don't know you can do this...sounds so much better than most of the crappy little wireless speakers the kids are buying.."
"It has great range and can pick up my phone from the second story and does a good job recognizing multiple devices that have saved it."
"I like it so much, I purchased a second one for my other media listening location."
"I purchased this unit to put my father's favorite type music into his office."
"This little gem fixed that...Audio quality is still amazing, but now with a modern touch thanks to a quick and easy plug and play device."
"I needed a bluetooth receiver so I could wirelessly play music from my Mac, iPad, or iPhone through my computer speakers. I decided to pay a little bit more and go with a name-brand bluetooth receiver and I'm glad I did! There is about 100ms delay in sound, so if you are using the receiver to play sound to a video, you can notice a small amount of audio lag; but not too bad at all!"
"Great for use with an older Stereo Receiver that does not have built-in Bluetooth."
"Once I paired this with the Dot it will continually force a connect to the Dot, even immediately after giving the "Disconnect" command to Alexa."
Mpow sells Bluetooth receiver with bundling Ground Loop Noise Isolator, which helps decrease the buzzing noise some cars make while playing music, thus giving you the best music experience. Bluetooth 4.0. Bluetooth 4.0 technology offers significantly lower power consumption and more stable signal transmission than previous versions, thus giving you a lossless audio transmission and crystal-clear phone calls and music. Do not use quick charger/ flash charger/ fast charger for the output voltage is over 5V and may destroy your Mpow. Mpow Bluetooth Receiver with Ground Loop Noise Isolator and Dual Port USB Car Charger let you free to enjoy high quality wireless music from phone/tablet/MP3 and Stream audio through 3.5mm input in car stereo, such as music, GPS voice navigation, and podcast. And the audio receiver will power on automatically when you start the car, then auto sync with the last connected phone (Note: Please make sure the Bluetooth of your phone is turned on before starting the car).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I also wanted to place it on the drivers left hand side by the window because the microphone for phone calls picks up better over there but the cord is too short so I have to add an auxiliary and USB extension."
"Edit: Three months later still as good as Knivio BTC450."
"When IPhone got rid of the headphone jack it meant my wife had to choose between playing music in her van and charging her phone."
"This device connected to her iPhone 8 perfectly, the sound quality without the sound adapter is excellent, the pause/play button works perfectly and the skip forward and back work great as well."
"I used to just use my Aux jack for music, calls etc and had the ability to charge when phone when it needed but ever since losing my headphone jack and my car NOT HAVING Bluetooth capabilities and having to use the DUMB DANGLE I've had so many issues. Super easy set up just turn on your bluetooth on your phone, plug in the receiver, wait for it to show up on your bluetooth list and BAM, connects w/ a breeze and continues to connect whenever you enter your car."
"Seriously, if you have a car with an aux output and don’t have the fancy Bluetooth other fancier cars have, buy this!"
"works great."
"Used this with iPhone 8, works great, my car didn't need that audio adapter, probably only needed for older cars."
Best Bluetooth Computer Network Adapters
Adds Bluetooth support to Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, or Linux PCs that don't already have it. Supports Bluetooth speakers, headphones, headsets, keyboards, mice, and more. Some audio devices, such as the Bose QuietComfort 35, require downloading specific drivers to function in Windows 7.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I have a great Bluetooth headphones (Satechi Aluminum Bluetooth Wireless Headphones) that I wanted to use at my work computer so I would not distract my other co-workers. The Plugable Technologies allows any non Bluetooth accessible computer or laptop to have Bluetooth capabilities to use with Bluetooth headphones, mice, speakers, keyboards, etc."
"To test it out, I took out my PS4 Bluetooth controller, held down the pairing buttons(briefing holding down the Playstation button while the Share button was held down), and in about 30 seconds total, Windows 10 had finished the process of pairing and connecting my controller via Bluetooth - simple, quick, and magnificent."
"After the initial pairing, connecting it after turning it off is quite quick, and it works with DS4 windows so you can change aspects like the controller light bar color, remap buttons (for emulating a xbox 360 controller in some pc games), or turn off rumble."
"After several hours spent installing, uninstalling drivers, chatting with Microsoft (zero help there...cookie cutter answers that said nothing + made me diagnostic tool that also found nothing) I was dead in the water with wireless bluetooth headphones that worked before the MS update and now only worked with a wire."
"I really like the products from Plugable."
"This works fairly well with my wireless headphones."
"Bought this for my work computer to connect my blue tooth head phones (Skull Candy Grind wireless: LOVE!)."
Best USB Computer Network Adapters
Do More Convenience with your WiFi USB Adapter: With AC600 wireless AC adapter, you can shift between 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi bands to avoid interference and have optimal WiFi Internet connection for your PC,laptop or Mac. High Speed: Up to 600Mbps Wi-Fi speeds on 5GHz (433Mbps) or 2.4GHz (150Mbps) bands: Performance to reduce freezing and lags when streaming and gaming.Ultra-fast AC600 wireless adapter speed with 802.11ac.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I bought 4 of these, and everyone was simple to install on different aged, and different manufactured computers all with different operating systems."
"I like that it has a standard antenna 'pigtail' connector."
"Best thing I have bought for my laptop. The wifi adapter built into my laptop only worked on the 2.4 band. I added this USB adapter."
"For those who are interested in technical details, the chipset used is "Realtek RTL8811AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac". The following is snippet of dmesg from Linux: [11256968.529081] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 69 using ehci-pci. [11256968.622105] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=a811. [11256968.622111] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3. [11256968.622114] usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11ac WLAN Adapter. [11256968.622116] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek. [11256968.622118] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001. Antenna is detachable and can be replaced with a higher dB antenna for better reception, but the one comes with is pretty good enough!"
"The only issue I had was if this became unplugged that it would have a hard time reconnecting after it was plugged back in."
"My room in the further end of the house and isn't really close to the internet modem, but this product has proven to help quite a bit."
"update: I bought 1 one of these and I assumed that I was the reason why it broke. Just know that it's only a matter of time before the thing suddenly stops working while you're in the middle of something."
"The adapter works well to this day. It’s definitely not a computer issue as the other adapters work fine in the computers, and these bad adapters fail in 3 different computers."
Best Laptop Computer Network Adapters
Do More Convenience with your WiFi USB Adapter: With AC600 wireless AC adapter, you can shift between 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi bands to avoid interference and have optimal WiFi Internet connection for your PC,laptop or Mac. High Speed: Up to 600Mbps Wi-Fi speeds on 5GHz (433Mbps) or 2.4GHz (150Mbps) bands: Performance to reduce freezing and lags when streaming and gaming.Ultra-fast AC600 wireless adapter speed with 802.11ac.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I bought 4 of these, and everyone was simple to install on different aged, and different manufactured computers all with different operating systems."
"I like that it has a standard antenna 'pigtail' connector."
"Best thing I have bought for my laptop. The wifi adapter built into my laptop only worked on the 2.4 band. I added this USB adapter."
"For those who are interested in technical details, the chipset used is "Realtek RTL8811AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac". The following is snippet of dmesg from Linux: [11256968.529081] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 69 using ehci-pci. [11256968.622105] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=a811. [11256968.622111] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3. [11256968.622114] usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11ac WLAN Adapter. [11256968.622116] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek. [11256968.622118] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001. Antenna is detachable and can be replaced with a higher dB antenna for better reception, but the one comes with is pretty good enough!"
"My second notebook had used an old version wireless card to connect router, after my Internet Service Provider (ISP) upgraded its software, the notebook couldn’t connect the router using the old version wireless card."
"My room in the further end of the house and isn't really close to the internet modem, but this product has proven to help quite a bit."
"This WiFi adapter was shipped to my house in 2 days and is about as simple as you can get for setup."
"Mini CD included with the adapter, easy installation and the device is small and doesn't get in the way."
Best Powerline Computer Network Adapters
Those terms are used on this product solely to indicate its compatibility with other “AV2000” or “2000Mbps” PowerLine devices. Actual data speeds vary and are limited by the product’s Ethernet port and other network conditions such as data traffic, electrical noise, and wiring issues. 2x2 MIMO with Beam forming establishes multiple simultaneous connections for you to enjoy higher power line speeds and greater stability.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"These work great as long as you know what to expect."
"To give some rough numbers for speeds: - I have a 75Mbps/75Mbps internet connection. - No matter how far apart I put these devices, internet speed tests at the furthest device never dropped below 75/75. - Computer-to-computer speeds with my old AV600 powerline adapters were roughly 70-80Mbps. - Computer-to-computer speeds with these AV1200 devices are roughly 110-120Mbps, so about a 50% improvement. I have a pair of the 500Mbps adapters, a pair of the 600Mbps ones, and now these 1200Mbps adapters, and they all work together seamlessly."
"An absolutely great product, I used them to extend my home network to my detached garage and works flawlessly."
"Was looking forward to this, however after receiving the item and trying to plug it in, I noticed it would not plug into my outlet due to the fact that the adapter is a bit too tall to leave space for the outlet below to plug in."
"This made my WiFi soar in speed! Thank you for letting us finally utilize our WiFi."
"The connection provided by the TP-Link unit is as stable as a traditional wired connection and the Apex is able to reconnect automatically after power outages."
"I use 4 of these around the house, especially where WiFi signal strength keeps dropping off and they provide highly reliable connections even for streaming."
"I have desktop and NAS storage on the first floor and WiFi router upstairs, desktop had reasonable WiFi connection speed but Synology NAS was dropping connection and was very slow even with 5G WiFi."