We all love to watch entertainment content on big screens like our laptops, and computers. When watching content like videos or just listening to music, a lot of people like immersive good quality audio. Windows play audio through one connected device by default and people often feel the need to use 2 speakers to play audio in Windows 10 simultaneously.
In this article, we will show you how to use 2 speakers to play audio in Windows 10 simultaneously. We already know that Windows play audio through one connected output by default and because of that users face problems and switch between connected speakers. This article is not just for only two speakers but will also work with any two audio outputs. So you can play audio on 2 speakers, 1 speaker, and 1 headphone at the same time.
Use 2 Speakers to Play Audio in Windows 10 Simultaneously
By Enabling Stereo Mix
Enabling the Stereo Mix will pretty much solve this problem for you and then you can easily use 2 speakers to play audio in Windows 10 simultaneously. Just connect your two speakers and follow the steps mentioned below.
Step 1: Go to the Windows Search Bar and type, “Sound”, hit enter.
Step 2: Go to the ‘Playback’ tab.
Step 3: Select your primary speaker’s audio playback device and click on ‘Set Default’. Apply the changes.
Step 4: Go to ‘Recording’ tab.
Step 5: In the blank white space, right-click, and select ‘Show Disabled Devices’. Now you shall see ‘Stereo Mix’ in the Recording tab.
Step 6: Now, right-click on Stereo Mix and click ‘Enable’ option.
Step 7: Right-click on Stereo Mix, select ‘Set as Default Device’.
Step 8: Right-click on Stereo Mix, click on ‘Properties’.
Step 9: Go to ‘Listen’ tab, click “Listen to this device” checkbox.
Step 10: From the ‘Playback this device’ drop-down menu, select the second playback device.
Step 11: Click on Apply and press OK to save all the changes that you made in every menu.
Restart your device and you will be all set.
By Selecting Output Devices to Play Audio From Specific Apps
The new Windows version allows users to customize playback devices for software. So that means that users can easily select different audio playback devices for different apps. For example, you can listen to a song on your headphone from YouTube or somewhere, and at the same time, you can also play a dance video from your local storage with the speaker as the audio output.
Step 1: Go to the Windows Search Bar, and type “Settings”.
Step 2: Click on ‘System’ settings and navigate to ‘Sound’.
Step 3: Click on ‘App Volume and device preferences’.
Step 4: Now you will see all the apps, software. Click on the ‘Output’ drop-down menu adjacent to the apps, software, and select your playback device.
That’s it and now you can select different output playback devices for different apps and software.
Using Audio Router Software
Audio Router is a free Windows software that lets you set different audio outputs for different apps. So for example, if you are listening to some podcast on Spotify and you also want to use your speaker for other audio output, say to play a video on YouTube, you can easily do that.
Step 1: Download Audio Router from here.
Step 2: Unzip the zipped file and open “Audio Router.exe”.
Step 3: You will see all the connected devices for audio outputs and the apps using them. You can easily select any audio playback device, just click on the drop-down arrow of the app you want to set audio playback device for, click on ‘Route’ and select the audio output from the available list.
You can do all of this stuff easily with the use of the Audio Router. It also has a lot of other options like the Mute button, you can also Duplicate an audio output by clicking on the ‘Duplicate’ button.
So these were some of the methods by which you can use 2 speakers to play audio in Windows 10 simultaneously. Do try these methods and let us know in the comments which one worked best for you.
