Hideez Smart USB Bluetooth Adapter for Wireless Connectivity

dovip: Website has clear instructions, range seams great.

United States on Sep 30, 2023

FRANCISCO JAVIER COBIAN MURILLO: No funciona bien en mi sistema Mac, en Windows si, sin problema

Mexico on Jan 29, 2023

Mr. Me: The device works as intended up until the computer goes to sleep, then I can not wake my computer, and Bluetooth toggle does not work any more, system requires a full reboot to regain Bluetooth. Disconnecting the USB device doesn’t allow for the built in Bluetooth to work, or reconnecting the usb does not re-discover the device. Hideez support says it is a bug in MacOS Ventura

United States on Jan 23, 2023

Annie: This is the only adapter I have used that successfully WORKS WITH MAC COMPUTERS. My Bluetooth no longer works internally on my laptop, so I use this dongle for wireless Bluetooth headphones and speakers and it works. My only reasoning behind 4 and not 5 stars is that it's mechanically cheap, I am on my third one of these in 7 months...but since it's the only one that works with my computer I just keep buying them. I bring my laptop to/from though, so if you're just using the dongle on a stationary device you likely won't run into this problem.

Amazon prohibits the use of url's but others a helpful site out there with instructions on how to program your computer to use an external Bluetooth device....just google what is below! I hope this information is as helpful to someone as it was to me.

best - mac - tips . com "Bluetooth 4 adapters for MacOS"

United States on Jan 20, 2023

pdq: I have my M1 Mac mini (running Monterey) inside a small closet pantry next to where our monitor, keyboard and mouse are. Unfortunately, the built-in Bluetooth is not very good - the pointer lags and jumps around, possibly because there is a steel vent which runs up the wall between the Mini and where we use the mouse (Apple Bluetooth "Magic Mouse").

But the monitor (Apple 24") has USB slots in the back, so I was hoping this thing would help, and it does appear to, so far. But the instructions at dongle.hideez.com don't work.

Specifically, "Step 4":

"The next time you turn on your computer, please pull out and insert the Dongle into the USB port, and the system will use the Hideez Dongle."

Yeah, no. Bluetooth goes away and won't come back unless you restart (again) with the dongle plugged in (and left plugged in). Also, this shows up in the Mini's "About this Mac/system report" as "THIRD_PARTY_DONGLE", not "Cambridge silicon radio".

So, five stars for the hardware, down to four stars for the instructions.

United States on Oct 18, 2022

alex: Yo he tenido problemas, instalando, y una vez funcionando se desconectaba solo intermitentemente. Finalmente el bluetooth ha dejado de funcionar del todo tras un mes de uso esporádico

Spain on Sep 24, 2022

:-): Ich hatte meinen alten (2011er) I-Mac aufgerüstet mit einer ordentliche SSD.
Allerdings war mir beim Öffnen des Gehäses, das Kabel / der Stecker des Bluetooth Moduls leider auf der Platine abgerissen.
Ergebnis:
schön schneller Rechner (den ich wegen einiger 32-Bit Anwendungen am Leben erhalten will) aber kein Bluetooth mehr.
Reparaturversuche mit einem neuen Modul waren nur teilweise erfolgreich, da das Touchpad Aussetzer hatte und nur sehr ruckelig funktionierte. :-(
Da ich das Trackpad seit vielen Jahren gewohnt bin und vor allem Fotobearbeitung sehr gerne damit gemacht habe, war der kurzzeitige Versuch eines Umstiegs auf eine Kabelgebundene oder Funk-Maus nicht wrklich brauchbar.
Ein kabelgebundenes oder Funk-Trackpad gibt es aber von Appel nicht und der Kauf des mit Funkempfänger betriebenen Touchpads von Silvergear, zeigte mir nur wieviel besser mein originales Apple Trackpad gewesen war... Absolut kein Ersatz!
Und: Absolut frustrierend!
Dann hatte ich gehofft, dass ich mich an eine besserere Maus vielleicht eher gewöhnen könnte und habe hier auf Amazon alles mögliche verglichen und Bewertungen studiert...
Ich weiß gar nicht wieso, aber...

Germany on Aug 31, 2022

J. Lucas: We use a 2018 Mac Mini for connecting multiple Xbox One controllers via Bluetooth. Due to limitations of the built in Bluetooth antenna design, it's hard to have a sit back on the chair/couch gaming room experience. Unless you're quite close to the Mac mini, the signal doesn't carry well enough to rely on. So, I saw this Hideez dongle suggested by someone on MacRumors and thought it was a low risk option.

It's delivered in every way.

We have the Hideez dongle plugged into a USB 3 hub which is then plugged into the USB A port on the back of the Mac Mini. The hub is also located on the top of the desk so there is a better line of sight. But now you can comfortably be 10-15 feet away from the Mac Mini and have multiple controllers firing simultaneously.

One note: it does require a one time simple Terminal command on macOS to get the Mac to recognize this dongle as the controller. However, I found the instructions to do this surprisingly clear on their tech-support page. I usually have pretty low expectations for instructions from random third-party accessories. Once you enter the command and follow the instructions, which take about two minutes, you then re-pair...

United States on Nov 30, 2021

Will: My macBookPro has suffered from bluetooth failure some time ago. There's no hardware fault when you run the diagnostics, but the bluetooth was struck through and 'not available' I tried all the tricks online to reset to no avail. I bought this as I thought it was worth risking £9 compared to an Apple repair which would have taken days, and probably cost hundreds.

I reset the bluetooth in the terminal with the command provided in the instructions, plugged the dongle into a USB hub. my Apple keyboard connected straight away, along with bluetooth headphones and i can now use bluetooth utilities to connect to other BLE devices as a well.

Fingers crossed it will continue to work as and when I upgrade to newly released Mac OS 'Monterey'.

United Kingdom on Nov 26, 2021

Malcolm I.: My Mac Mini M1 had poor Bluetooth, manly because it's in a rack - so 2 meters away from my mouse. i hoped this dongle would help. It did, but my Airpods would not work properly. They connected, eventually, and did work with zoom but music would only play a few crackles. This is with Big Slur v 11.6.
So I used it with my old Mac protable, where the Bluetooth had broken ages ago. Here the AirPods did work, again using Big Slur v 11.6. So be warned.

United Kingdom on Oct 04, 2021