[SOLVED] Generic Bluetooth Radio Driver Issues in Windows. Quickly & Easily

If you seeGeneric Bluetooth Radio with a yellow exclamation mark inDevice Manager , the Bluetooth feature probably won’t work on your computer. But don’t worry – you can easily fix it by updating your Bluetooth driver.

To fix the Generic Bluetooth Radio issue

As the name suggests,Generic Bluetooth radio is the default and basic Bluetooth driver provided by Windows when it can’t find a proper driver on your computer. Depending on the make of your computer, Bluetooth may work or not work with the generic driver. If it doesn’t, you’ll need toupdate the Bluetooth driver .

Here’re 2 options for you to update your Bluetooth driver inWindows 11, 10 ,8.1 and7 :

Option 1 – Manually – You’ll need some computer skills and patience to update your drivers this way, because you need to find exactly the right the driver online, download it and install it step by step.

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Option 2 – Automatically (Recommended) – This is the quickest and easiest option. It’s all done with just a couple of mouse clicks – easy even if you’re a computer newbie.

Option 1: Update your Bluetooth driver manually to fix Generic Bluetooth Radio

To manually update your Bluetooth driver, you need to go to the manufacturer’s official website, find the drivers corresponding with your specific flavor of Windows version (for example, Windows 32-bit) and download the driver manually.

Once you’ve downloaded the correct drivers for your system, double-click on the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver.

Option 2: Update your Bluetooth driver automatically to fix Generic Bluetooth Radio

If you don’t have the time, patience or computer skills to update the Bluetooth driver manually, you can do it automatically with Driver Easy .

Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for it. You don’t need to know exactly what system your computer is running, you don’t need to risk downloading and installing the wrong driver, and you don’t need to worry about making a mistake when installing.Driver Easy handles it all.

1. Download andinstall Driver Easy.
2. Run Driver Easy and click theScan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.
   
3. ClickUpdate All to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system.

(This requires the Pro version which comes with full support and a 30-day money-back guarantee. You’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All. If you’re not ready to buy the Pro version, Driver Easy offers a 7-day free trial which includes access to all the Pro features such as high-speed download and one-click install. You won’t be charged anything until your 7-day trial has ended.)

4. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

There you go – 2 easy ways to help you get the latest Bluetooth driver to fix theGeneric Bluetooth Radio Bluetooth not working issues in Windows 10, 8.1 and 7. Hope this helps and feel free to drop us a comment if you have any further questions. 🙂

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