: a device or software system that can digitize and often compress an audio or video signal for transmission (as over a telephone line) and convert an incoming signal to audio or video for reception
To permit satellite communication through such a compact antenna, an electronic device called a voice coder-decoder—or codec—translates speech into a digital signal.—
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Both models support Google Fast Pair and Bluetooth multipoint pairing with up to two simultaneous connections, and both support the AAC, LDAC, and SBC codecs.
—PC Magazine, 21 May 2025
Immersive Audio formats supported: Dolby Atmos, DTS-X. Audio codecs: SBC, LC3, AAC Mpeg4, ALAC, FLAC, LPCM, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WMA9.
Inputs and outputs: Wireless inputs, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi.
Bluetooth version: 5.3 (5.1 Bluetooth classic).
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
For iPhone users, there is also support for the AAC codec that Apple uses.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
The headphones connect over Bluetooth 5.4 and support a respectable set of codecs.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
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PC Magazine, 21 May 2025
Immersive Audio formats supported: Dolby Atmos, DTS-X. Audio codecs: SBC, LC3, AAC Mpeg4, ALAC, FLAC, LPCM, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WMA9.
Inputs and outputs: Wireless inputs, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi.
Bluetooth version: 5.3 (5.1 Bluetooth classic).
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
For iPhone users, there is also support for the AAC codec that Apple uses.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
The headphones connect over Bluetooth 5.4 and support a respectable set of codecs.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
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“Codec.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/codec. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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