Comment 61 for bug 1576559

Same issue here. As many others here, I need to use the mic at work's meetings and I needed to spent extra money on a wired headset because of this bug made my airpods useless for the task.

elementary OS 5.1.7 Hera, Built on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.
Linux 4.15.0-135-generic.

$pactl list cards
Card #0
 Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0
 Driver: module-alsa-card.c
 Owner Module: 7
 Properties:
  alsa.card = "0"
  alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel"
  alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel at 0xf0000000 irq 26"
  alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
  device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
  sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0"
  device.bus = "pci"
  device.vendor.id = "8086"
  device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
  device.product.id = "27d8"
  device.product.name = "NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller"
  device.form_factor = "internal"
  device.string = "0"
  device.description = "Built-in Audio"
  module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
  device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
 Profiles:
  input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 60, available: no)
  output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 6000, available: yes)
  output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6060, available: yes)
  output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5500, available: yes)
  output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5560, available: yes)
  off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
 Active Profile: output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
 Ports:
  analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
   Properties:
    device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
   Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo
  analog-output-speaker: Speakers (priority: 10000, latency offset: 0 usec)
   Properties:
    device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
   Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
  analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority: 9000, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
   Properties:
    device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
   Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
  iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec)
   Part of profile(s): output:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo

Card #7
 Name: bluez_card.AC_80_1C_01_34_B0
 Driver: module-bluez5-device.c
 Owner Module: 33
 Properties:
  device.description = "Baseus Encok W04 Pro"
  device.string = "AC:80:1C:01:34:B0"
  device.api = "bluez"
  device.class = "sound"
  device.bus = "bluetooth"
  device.form_factor = "headset"
  bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_AC_80_1C_01_34_B0"
  bluez.class = "0x240404"
  bluez.alias = "Baseus Encok W04 Pro"
  device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
  device.intended_roles = "phone"
 Profiles:
  a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 40, available: yes)
  headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 30, available: no)
  off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
 Active Profile: off
 Ports:
  headset-output: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec)
   Part of profile(s): a2dp_sink, headset_head_unit
  headset-input: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
   Part of profile(s): headset_head_unit

$ bluetoothctl

[NEW] Controller 00:1A:7D:DA:71:11 siemens-AMILO-Pi-1505 [default]
[NEW] Device AC:80:1C:01:34:B0 Fran Hdez's Airpods
[NEW] Device 4B:A3:18:BC:21:5B Sony Home Sound System
[NEW] Device 2B:20:C2:C6:E1:5D Bose QC25
[NEW] Device B1:81:AE:C5:1D:20 Home Living Room Pioneer Sound System
Agent registered
[Fran Hdez's Airpods]# info AC:80:1C:01:34:B0
Device AC:80:1C:01:34:B0 (public)
 Name: Baseus Encok W04 Pro
 Alias: Fran Hdez's Airpods
 Class: 0x00240404
 Icon: audio-card
 Paired: yes
 Trusted: yes
 Blocked: no
 Connected: yes
 LegacyPairing: no
 UUID: Audio Sink (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
 UUID: A/V Remote Control (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
 UUID: Handsfree (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
 UUID: Human Interface Device... (00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
 UUID: PnP Information (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
 Modalias: bluetooth:v05D6p000Ad0240
 ManufacturerData Key: 0x6668
 ManufacturerData Value:
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