Bluetooth SIG announced the official release of Bluetooth LE Audio, which will allow audio companies to revert back to standardized practices rather than create proprietary audio codecs. The new Low ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

Audio codecs dictate the quality, stability, and power use of a headphone's Bluetooth connection. But they're hide-and-seek champions on Android. That said, we’re not always shown our audio codec ...

Synopsys collaborated with Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) to release an implementation of the next-generation Bluetooth LE Audio Low Complexity Communication Codec (LC3) The new ...

You may have noticed that nearly all modern iPhones and AirPods list support for Bluetooth 5.0 (the first-gen AirPods supported Bluetooth 4.2). You might surmise, then, that audio streams are being ...

How good your digital music sounds often comes down to which file format it's encoded in. Be that as it may, every Mac audio setup is only as strong as it's weakest link, and if your Bluetooth ...

Bluetooth is everywhere: in phones, headphones, speakers, TVs, games consoles and smartwatches, not to mention gloves, rings and soccer balls (yes really). If it is powered, the chances are it uses ...

Only last issue in the print magazine of Sound+Image, I was having a whinge about companies and organisations that claim there is such a thing as Hi-Res Audio Wireless. There just isn’t – at least not ...

LONDON — Wolfson Microelectronics plc has started sampling the first audio codec targeting speaker drivers that deploy its proprietary technology which allows the audio amplifier to switch from Class ...

Realme has launched the Buds T500 Pro in India, expanding its true wireless stereo (TWS) lineup. The new earbuds come with ...