Smartphone manufacturers all but took away our beloved phones with headphone jacks. Now we’re left buying admittedly great wireless earbuds hand over fist. But listening to music is no longer a ...

Apple did its part in moving the world to wireless headphones. With the removal of the headphone jack with iPhone 7, the company made it clear that the future of audio is wireless. However, the ...

In my August column, “The Audio World Without ISDN,” we looked at the impending demise of ISDN and the options available for those who can no longer get service. With telcos pushing everything into ...

In previous articles we have discussed several popular audio codecs in use today. In this installment we address advanced audio codecs currently in use. Designers employing audio codecs face a ...

The makers of the AV1 video format have started the Open Audio Codec.

Sony's LDAC codec enables hi-res audio on Android phones, but you need to download the Sound Connect companion app and change this setting to use it.

It looks like the latest version of Android will come with enhanced support for streaming audio over Bluetooth. Earlier today Google made available the first developer preview of Android O and as part ...

A variety of audio compression technologies are being used today, each having a distinct advantage over the other in terms of compression ratio, coding delay, coding complexity or legacy system ...

The Global Smartphone Audio Codecs Market was valued at approximately USD 7.13 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow at a robust CAGR of 5.70% from 2024 to 2032. A smartphone audio codec is a ...

This article originally appeared in TV Technology. In my August column, “The Audio World Without ISDN,” we looked at the impending demise of ISDN and the options available for those who can no longer ...