Microsoft has published a new support page with details about codec support in Windows 10 and 11. For those unfamiliar, codecs are software bits that make it possible to play different audio and video ...

Part of Microsoft’s great big overhaul to Windows 10 finally includes some major changes to Bluetooth support and audio endpoints. These changes are now live in the latest Windows 10 Insider preview ...

A user in another forum I’m on wants to use a pair of Bluetooth headphones they are happy with for listening to music from their Windows PC. Their headphones are Sony and support pretty much ...

In a quarterly support document Microsoft has confirmed that starting from version 24H2, Windows 11 will no longer support the AC-3 audio codec. For those unfamiliar, it is an audio codec that ...

Microsoft introduced Bluetooth LE (low energy) audio support with Windows 11 22H2 KB5026446 (Build 22621.1778), also known as the Moment 3, in May 2023. The release notes stated: This update adds ...

If you stream music (and who doesn't these days) you've obviously come across abbreviations at the end of the audio files. The acronyms reading WAV, FLAC, MP3 and so on, are called audio codecs. You ...

Few audio standards have had the impact of MP3. But there’s more to audio codecs than just MP3. 3GPP audio standard format families, AAC and AMR, are the commercial powerhouses that are early in their ...