Galaxy Note 10 earbuds leverage USB Type C for active noise cancellation

Last updated: August 13th, 2019 at 15:17 UTC+01:00

Update: Samsung has reached out to united states of america to clarify that the USB-C earphones bundled with the Milky way Note 10 and Notation 10+ won't support noise cancellation as previously thought. The noise cancelling USB-C earphones will be a separate purchase similar that 45W fast charger and the USB-C to 3.5mm dongle. However, the noise cancelling AKG earphones aren't yet listed on Samsung's website so it's not known how much they volition cost, but nosotros've reached out to the company for more details and will update you as before long as nosotros go a response.

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As you're most likely enlightened of, the Milky way Note x flagships don't have a three.5mm headphone jack, and the USB Type-C dongle is apparently non included for free in every marketplace. However, what seems to be included is a pair of new Type-C AKG-tuned earbuds that accept advantage of active racket cancellation.

The benefits of USB Type-C audio

We understand the importance of the three.5mm headphone jack, or how inconvenient information technology can be when you remove it from a phone. Having only ane port that handles both sound output and ability-in can exist annoying in some cases. Yet, there are benefits to relying on the USB Type-C port for sound, and Samsung appears to take advantage of this with the Galaxy Notation 10.

Agile noise counterfoil could non be possible solely through the three.5mm headphone jack. This technology uses microphones to detect environmental noise, its amplitude, and frequency, and then creates a 180-caste out-of-phase wave to cancel the noise. Information technology'south a brilliant solution, but unlike passive noise cancellation, active noise counterfoil requires power that could not be delivered past the 3.5mm headphone jack.

With all said and washed, there are pros and cons to the port'south removal, but active noise cancellation might be a ameliorate reason to requite than a marginally bigger bombardment and better haptic feedback. Still, Samsung earns bonus points for trying to showcase the benefits of USB Type-C audio past including these new earbuds in the Galaxy Note x's retail box.