

I was able to confirm that it is equipped with a DAC that supports 48kHz.Īpple Music’s lossless audio is “lossless: maximum resolution 24bit/48kHz” and “high-resolution lossless: maximum resolution 24bit/192kHz”, so EarPods (USB-C) are lossless. When I connected EarPods (USB-C) to my MacBook Air (M1, 2020) and checked with Audio MIDI settings, EarPods (USB-C) are 16bit/44.1kHz to 24bit. From the site (slightly edited machine learning translation): What’s new, however, is this revelation from MacOtakara that EarPods with USB-C support lossless audio playback. Apple confirms that bit on its product page for the new earbuds.
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Now that the iPhone 15 has moved on from Lightning, USB-C EarPods are here to enjoy on any iPhone, iPad, or Mac with a USB-C port. EarPods were revised in 2016 to replace the 3.5mm connector with a Lightning connector when the iPhone 7 dropped the headphone port.Īpple later dropped the headphone port from USB-C iPads starting in 2018, but it sold a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter and not USB-C EarPods. Being unbundled from the iPhone box in service of reducing waste also makes EarPods a bit forgettable.ĮarPods replaced the less bulbous Apple earbuds when the iPhone 5 debuted in 2012 - coincidentally, the previous iPhone port change. EarPods, remember those?ĮarPods, of course, are easily forgotten in the era of AirPods. Their testing shows USB-C EarPods have 16bit/44.1kHz to 24bit/48kHz support including lossless audio compatibility. That’s according to testing conducted by our friends at MacOtakara today. Something perhaps more unexpected? Apple’s $19 USB-C EarPods apparently support lossless audio playback that works with Apple Music.

IPhone 15 went USB-C, and so did the wired earbuds that used to come in the box.
