How do you tell what type of USB ports you have?

To identify the specific USB ports and connectors on your devices, you can simply look at their shape and color, or check ...
Android Authority

3.5mm audio vs USB Type-C: The good, bad and the future

Virtually all smartphone manufacturers have eliminated the 3.5mm audio jack even though it has long been the standard connector for a huge range of audio equipment over the past century. Most flagship ...
Android Authority

If we're ditching the headphone jack, Android must adopt USB Audio Class 3.0

The state of USB Type-C audio and the new market for compatible headphones and dongles is, quite frankly, a trainwreck. Headphones sometimes only work with specific smartphone brands, dongles don’t ...
CNET

USB Type-C could kill your headphone jack. Here's how

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. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...
Ars Technica

USB4 is coming soon and will (mostly) unify USB and Thunderbolt

This Tuesday, the USB Implementers Forum published the official USB4 protocol specification. If your initial reaction was “oh no, not again,” don’t worry—the new spec is backward-compatible with USB 2 ...