How to quickly switch between audio devices in Windows
Vindovs / / December 19, 2019
If you are an active Windows user, you often meet with manual switching between stereo audio devices. Audio Switcher program will help to optimize the process.
Windows standard switching techniques between the active audio devices are uncomfortable. From version to version of comfort is not added. Need to open the "Playback Devices" list, select an audio device and make it work by default. You can also switch to the Volume Mixer window. Such decisions are questionable in terms of convenience and aesthetics.
Install and configure Audio Switcher
Audio Switcher - free switch audio sources, focused on speed use. With its creation, the developers did not care about packaging: the program does not possess beauty, but you quickly forget about it, because you see the interface do not have to.
Download Audio Switcher with official site. After completion of the download, open the file in .ZIP format, and copy only AudioSwitcher.exe file to a convenient location. Installation completed! Run the file, the program icon appears in the system tray. Click on the icon, right-click, select Open Preferences and run preset.
We recommended to put a tick on the item Start when Windows starts. This feature allows the program to run automatically when you log on to Windows. Offer tick Show Default Playback Device icon in tray. The tray will hang icon active device. Note Start minimized, so that the program reminded him of himself at startup.
After completing the pre-setting, open the Playback tab and select which device will work by default. Now you can switch between headphones and speakers just two clicks:
- right click on the Audio Switcher icon in the notification area;
- select the device you want in the popup list.
Audio Switcher supports the use of hotkeys. Each device can be assigned its own combination or select the total to switch between them.
In the near future developers will release Audio Switcher 2.0. The new version will provide users with an improved interface, translated into the various languages of the world, support JavaScript-based scripts, the ability to customize the automatic operation of the program (for example, watching movies include the column, and when the music start - headphones), and color themes clearance. The program is automatically updated, so the release of version 2.0 will be difficult to miss.