Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...

Here's what you need to know about every Bluetooth codec, and why you should even care. Being able to wirelessly connect ...

It looks to me that apple audio products like AirPods handle audio transmission better than the standard Bluetooth audio. It will send the actual aac file to the audio device to be decoded on the ...

ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the release of the Android P beta 3 preview, Fraunhofer IIS announces a new version of the popular FDK library which has been a part of Android since 2012. The ...

xHE-AAC is the latest Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) technology, and is available to all licensees of the AAC patent pool administered by Via Licensing Alliance. It was developed by MPEG Audio (ISO/IEC ...

Still gaming or streaming music over SBC like it’s 2005? Get the real scoop on which Bluetooth codecs — AAC, aptX, LDAC, or LHDC — are actually worth your ears. If you’re streaming hi-res audio tracks ...

ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, is pleased to announce the licensing of its xHE-AAC software implementations to Audible, Inc. Audible ...

Windows is arguably the most-used operating system in the world and yet there are things where it's still playing catch up with others, especially mobile platforms like Android and iOS. One area it ...

What just happened? AirPods users, rejoice! Microsoft is planning to add Bluetooth audio with AAC support to Windows 10 in its next major update. This update should only reach the stable branch later ...

Google has extended its licence with Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, to continue using the technology in its video services. Fraunhofer’s AAC encoder software supports ...