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 ...

Curtis has been cynically writing about consumer technology for over 15 years on the internet. He has a love/hate relationship with technology, accepting that it both helps and hurts us along the way.

Chipmaker Qualcomm has developed a new audio codec, called aptX Adaptive, that the company says promises to make seamless, uninterrupted Bluetooth audio a reality. Qualcomm announced the codec on ...

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.

Google has updated its Fast Pair service to work with earbuds that support the Bluetooth LE Audio standard. However, only devices that run Android 15 can apparently use Fast Pair to connect to ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Bluetooth audio; it’s just like wired audio but without the wires… right? That’s what most people think, but you’re not like most people. You’ve heard about audiophiles’ gripe with the technology, but ...

Bluetooth may be one of the oldest wireless standards on your phone but that hasn’t stopped it from getting smarter. Google confirmed in September 2025 that owners of Pixel, Samsung Galaxy, Sony ...