The majority of HP laptops come preloaded with the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, which is compatible with AirPods. To connect your AirPods to an HP laptop, you'll need to make sure that your laptop has the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, as well as Bluetooth capability.
Basically, after updating to Windows 11 from Windows 10 my Bluetooth Airpods stopped working. I have no clue why they did. Bluetooth would pair with them, but it wouldn't use it's Stereo, so no output audio. I fixed this by: ยท Updating the drivers, this helped making my bluetooth headphones pair correctly.