LDAC is considered a gold standard for wireless audio quality, but there's another newer codec to pay attention to for other ...

With the rise in popularity of wireless headphones and earbuds, a lot of technical terms have come along with them. From wireless charging to Bluetooth multipoint, wear sensors, ANC and transparency, ...

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 ...

Digging deeper into how these patent pools help licensors minimize risk, Moore explains, "If there is implementation of a standard and that risk is not licensed or otherwise authorized, there's a risk ...

It's quite hard to find headphone jacks on smartphones these days. Yes, some of the high-end devices still come with one. In fact, some of them even has proper DACs that aim to deliver the best wired ...

I had heard that the 4.0 codec results in a better quality than the normal 3.11 codec. I use the double pass encoding of the 4.0 codec and 3.11 supports only one pass. Nandub does allow multiple ...

Maintaining a Windows-based PC has, in most respects, gotten easier over the years. OS 'hackability' (the bad kind) has dropped, and Windows Update has become a terrific tool for minimal-intervention ...

It’s been 3-plus years since the MPEG codec explosion that brought us VVC, LCEVC, and EVC. Rather than breathlessly trumpet every single-digit quality improvement or design win, I’ll quickly get you ...

Various streaming services support AV1 playback, while Pixel 10 phones can capture AV1 videos, but AV2 just took a big step forward.