Following is a guide to manually troubleshoot your headphones if you’re facing this issue. One relatively uncommon yet equally frustrating problem users face is that headphones do not show up in playback devices when connected to smartphones or PCs. But what if your phone doesn’t recognize your headphones? According to another survey, 43.5% US citizens listened to music using their smartphones. Headphones not showing up in Playback DevicesĪ survey conducted in 2017 showed that 87% of all users use headphones to listen to music, while 49% prefer watching a movie with headphones rather than on speakers.
