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, ...

Being able to wirelessly connect headphones and speakers to your phone or computer is a magic many of us take for granted. It wasn't that long ago that the idea seemed impossibly futuristic. These ...

Have you ever overheard someone casually talking about their preferred audio codecs, or perhaps questioning the value of one model of wireless earbuds versus another because of the audio codecs they ...

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, ...

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 ...

Parth is a technology analyst and writer specializing in the comprehensive review and feature exploration of the Android ecosystem. His work is distinguished by its meticulous focus on flagship ...

Speech codecs are audio codecs that look for sound and language patterns. In addition, since the human voice falls into more limited audio range than music, a speech codec is able to achieve the ...

Radio World: What would you say is the most interesting recent trend in codecs? Tom Hartnett: By far, the inclusion of WebRTC clients in computer browsers. Essentially, every internet browser, desktop ...

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