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. One venerable computing technology, USB, could be about to ...

Many newer car stereos, as well as aftermarket head units, come with an audio jack that allow you to plug an MP3 player or smartphone into, but if you have an older stereo, there likely isn’t an audio ...

We recently reviewed the ultralight Asus ZenBook 14 UX425 equipped with the latest Intel Tiger Lake CPU and noticed that the system did not come with a 3.5 mm audio jack. Nonetheless, a USB-C to audio ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Bit-perfect audio is what you want — and a USB-C port is the only way to get it.

Apple's decision to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 brought a sudden and jarring end to this ubiquitous audio connector (though you can still buy some smartphones with a headphone jack).

It's been nine years since Apple started moving away from the 3.5mm audio jack on its mobile devices. The iPhone 7 and the 7 Plus were the first iPhones to launch without an audio port and relied on ...

Working out whether to invest in headphones with a 3.5mm jack or USB-C connector can be tricky. Turns out, there's a lot more to it than how you plug them in.

Need (or simply want) to plug in wired headphones? These top-tested phones buck the wireless trend and keep the old-school 3.5mm audio jack. I’m one of PCMag’s mobile writers. That means I check out ...

Smartphone makers, it’s time to have that come-to-Apple moment, where we tell you that it’s time to put the 3.5mm analog headset jack back on the phone—at least until you get your USB-C audio act in ...