Windows 11 AirPods on new Windows 11 computer don't play notifications when nothing else is playing.

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I recently purchased a new computer as my old one was nearing its EOL, Windows wouldn't even let me upgrade it to Windows 11, despite it having 1 generation too old of a CPU than the one they require. Anyway, on Windows 10 with my AirPod Maxs, if I had nothing playing, when something like Discord, Facebook or Telegram would get a message, I could hear the notification in my headset. But now on my Windows 11 machine, I can't. If I have music playing or like a game ALT+TAB'd that's looping noise or something, I can hear the notification. But if there's complete silence, I can't hear it. Sometime

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