Apple said it took “courage” to remove the audio jack port from the iPhone 7 and replace it with wireless audio. Microsoft hasn’t yet mustered the courage to cut the aging port. Microsoft has retained ...

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There are two ways of implementing USB audio on phones. Manufacturers like Samsung, Google and now Apple with its USB Type-C iPhones, prefer to output Digital audio from the USB port and trust your ...

Intel says there are good reasons to say goodbye to the 3.5mm audio jack and bring headphones, earbuds and microphones into the digital era. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

The Xbox controller is one of the most popular gamepads on the market, but it's got a weird port on the bottom you may not ...

Virtually all smartphone manufacturers have eliminated the 3.5mm audio jack even though it has long been the standard connector for a huge range of audio equipment over the past century. Most flagship ...

The ultra-thin USB-C standard is looking like the future of data, video, and even power at this point. It’s already the only port on Apple’s MacBook revival, for example, and if history is anything to ...

Future iPhones may have fewer openings on the bottom, according to a new patent application filed by Apple that was published on Thursday by the U.S Patent Office. Reuters Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) ...

An optical audio port, also known as a TOSLINK (Toshiba Link) port, is a type of digital audio connection that uses light to transmit audio signals between devices. This port is commonly found on ...

Convert wired earbuds and headphones into Bluetooth devices with these compact adapters Select adapters can send and receive Bluetooth signals, enabling a connection between non-Bluetooth audio ...

Ever since the first rumors that popped up late last year that Apple will be dropping the headphone jack from its next iPhone, the tech world has gone into a tizzy. Since then other manufacturers have ...

Mac users equipped with systems running the latest Apple Silicon M1 processors may be interested in a new Thunderbolt 4 Dock from Satechi, allowing you to add extra connectivity to your Mac with ease.