How-To Geek on MSN

This new audio format could replace MP3 and Opus

The makers of the AV1 video format have started the Open Audio Codec.
Android Central on MSN

I get the best sound quality out of my Sony headphones and earbuds by changing this setting

Sony's LDAC codec enables hi-res audio on Android phones, but you need to download the Sound Connect companion app and change this setting to use it.
ZDNet

Android security: Flaw in an audio codec left two-thirds of smartphones at risk of snooping, say researchers

Millions of Android devices were vulnerable to a remote code execution attack due to flaws in an audio codec that Apple open-sourced years ago but which hasn't been patched since. Researchers at Check ...
CNET

Xiph resumes work on Ghost audio codec

Google's interest in the royalty-free Vorbis audio codec raises new possibilities for successors CELT and, in the longer run, Ghost. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...
Radio World

Codecs: Increasingly Smart, Increasingly Flexible

We asked a sampling of industry engineers and users for their perspectives on the evolution of codec designs and applications ...