Zone Wireless 2 is certified for Microsoft Teams over native Bluetooth. Enjoy a full Teams experience without a dongle.
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Microsoft and Logitech have been working together to get us Native Bluetooth support for Logitech Wireless 2 headset. I wrote about Logitech Wireless 2 earlier, over a year ago. Back then (and until recently) it was required to use dongle if you wanted to have all Microsoft Teams functionalities, that certification brings.
Enjoy all the functionality of a Teams meeting without the need for a dongle or additional software. Join a meeting, answer or end calls, mute or unmute yourself, or raise your hand.
Logitech
This “ditch the dongle” -feature was released recently, the firmware 1.3.74 upgrade is dated January 16th, 2025.
I have been using Zone Wireless 2 in my Teams meetings quite a lot. In fact it is an excellent headset – audio quality is great for calls and the active noise cancellation is superb. This is really useful when family is at home. And thanks to Teams Voice Isolation + Zone Wireless 2 microphones family members (or in case you sit in a office with others: your coworkers) voices are not heard by online participants. The only drawback for me with Zone Wireless 2 is, that it is on-the-ear headset, which means I can’t wear it for multiple hours without a break, as it starts to press on my ears and gets uncomfortable. But a short break helps for that. Hey, Logitech: do you have plans to create an over-the-ear headset with similar quality & capabilities by any chance? #wishingwell
Now that the dongle is ditched, I haven’t gotten back to the dongle with Zone Wireless 2 anymore. There just isn’t any need to that. The connection is stable (no breaking up), controls work and Teams button is active via Bluetooth. This is just splendid, as I don’t have to worry about using the dongle to one of my two USB-C ports on Surface Laptop Studio.. This is a big thing, especially when you take the headset to the road with you – or you move around the office. This also means that I don’t have to worry about forgetting the dongle somewhere, or mixing it up with other headsets’ dongles. A little thing, big impact.
What I do wish, that Logitech (and Jabra) would upgrade other existing headsets to dongle-free. They can be used via Bluetooth (and usually it works quite ok) but getting that small extra with Teams Certification would be welcome. Especially Logitech True Wireless buds and Jabra Evolve2 buds would benefit of dongle-free functionality, but probably there isn’t hardware that could be just firmware updated to the required level. Both do work as a Bluetooth headset, but are not Teams Certificated when used without a dongle.
Microsoft Swift Pair is making the pairing of the headset really easy. I didn’t catch my own screenshot about the pairing after the upgrade, but taking a snip from Logitech’s page tells how it goes. Just turn on the headset and pair – could not be easier! The snip mentions the Zone 305, but it appeared to Zone Wireless 2 as well.
If you haven’t tried Zone Wireless 2 without a dongle so far, now is the time to ditch the dongle and celebrate about one more free USB-port in the laptop! To me this is just superb, but I do hope this extends to other models and vendors so the age of dongles can be put behind us (at least partially).
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