Bluetooth headset and HD voice I'm trying to achieve better quality for remote communications. Thus, I'm trying to use a high quality headset for Skype calls.

The problem is, when connecting a headset to Android phone (both of them have HD voice support), the sound quality is very limited, i.e. much worse than Skype gives via the same phone's speaker &amp; microphone.

Supporting cases:


When I listen to music from phone using headset via bluetooth, the quality is good.
When I use USB dongle (which is provided for headset with UC support, and appearing as audio device in system) for Skype with my laptop, the quality is good.


In all cases, I was using WiFi (NOT mobile data).
I was using Skype call testing service for all tests.

Is there some way to force codec or bluetooth profile to enable HD voice with Android for headset?



Phone: Galaxy Note 3 (has HD voice support).

Phone OS: Android 5.0.

Skype version on the phone: v6.13.0.608 

Headset: Jabra Motion UC (has HD voice support).

Laptop: HP EliteBook 8460p

Laptop's OS: Ubuntu Linux 14.04.03

Skype version on laptop: 4.3.0.37
I've found that it's an issue of Skype application.
E.g. Google Hangouts gives good sound quality with and without bluetooth headset both.

I've filed a bug report here: https://community.skype.com/t5/Android/Forced-low-quality-voice-with-bluetooth-headsets/td-p/4366926