What are the best Bluetooth headsets for your Nintendo Switch?

By Minbad (Francois Bouttemy)

It's been official since September 15, 2021: more than four years after the release of the Switch, Nintendo is catching up on compatibility with an update that finally allows you to connect a Bluetooth headset to your console. The Gamekult editorial staff naturally understood that the time was right to offer you, not without consulting our expert colleagues nearby, our selection of the best Bluetooth headsets for Switch, so many solutions to enjoy the sound of your games on your favorite portable console. , aka "the only one left, actually".

If solutions via USB dongle exist of course to take advantage of a wireless headset connected to the dock in your living room, it is indeed the nomadic mode and the Lite version that we are interested in here, the latter being rather complicated to understand until here without the sacrosanct 3.5 mm jack wired connection.

However, Nintendo warns users: depending on the model of headphones or earphones used with the Switch, the audio delay may be too pronounced to guarantee real comfort of use. Our Digital colleagues believe that an audio device "must absolutely not exceed 150 ms of latency, or even 100 ms for the most sensitive people, in order to guarantee a minimum satisfactory synchronization in a game situation". This is why this is the first criterion we have chosen, and why the selection is reduced to a very small selection of references.

Another important clarification: the use of a Bluetooth audio device will limit the number of wireless controllers that can be connected simultaneously to the console to only two. It will also prevent the establishment of an ad hoc Wi-Fi connection, which therefore prohibits local multiplayer on several consoles in the event that a headset is paired.

Whether you prefer arches or true wireless experiences directly in your delicate music-loving nomadic ears, here is our choice of the only references measured in the Digital lab likely to make "coffee" correctly, whether you already have them or not.

As usual therefore, all the accessories presented here have been tested by us or our colleagues, as well as, in the majority of cases, at least one competing offer.