WiFi interfering with bluetooth?

[Joe Bloe2]

So, I've got a little bluetooth stereo that I want to stream music to from my Pro tablet, problem is whenever wifi is enabled the stream is completely garbled and useless. If I turn wifi off and just play music that's on the tablet then bluetooth works as expected. Also if I switch to 5ghz wifi it works too, but I can't use that because of the range limitations. Is there anything I can try other than exchanging it? Thanks.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I've read some articles about wi-fi interfering with Bluetooth in some instances, but it doesn't seem to happen often, and I'm not sure what factors cause it to happen. Have you tried a different 2.4 GHz wi-fi channel? Log into your router's settings via your computer browser and change the channel from there.

 

[Joe Bloe2]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately changing channels didn't help any.

 

[B. Diddy]

I wonder if the problem lies with the tablet or the wireless speaker. Can you test it out on another Bluetooth speaker?

 

[kg4icg]

Unfortunately WiFi and Bluetooth share the same frequencies in the 2.4ghz band.

 

[B. Diddy]

They share the same frequencies, but that still shouldn't cause distortion, since most people are able to stream music over wi-fi and play it over a Bluetooth device without difficulty. I'm not sure why this distortion happens for some people.