Is there a USB C cable that allows listening to music and charging simultaneously?

[ddiehl]

Is there a USB C cable that allows listening to music and charging simultaneously? Just to clarify I looking to do both over the same cable..
If they do exist, can someone please link to one?

Thanks..

 

[vVick3d]

Why would listening to music affect the charging of your phone?

Maybe I'm missing something.

 

[pazzo02]

Yeah, we need more info, like what you are plugging into with USB to listen to music.

 

[ddiehl]

Yeah, we need more info, like what you are plugging into with USB to listen to music.

I'm just wondering if one cable can accomplish both tasks, that's all..

 

[ptkelly]

Are you talking about plugging your Nexus 5x into a USB port on your computer and then listening to MP3 files, or streaming music off the internet, while the computer charges your phone?

 

[LeoRex]

I think he's referring to a Y cable that goes to a charger and a pair of C headphones.

 

[ddiehl]

I think he's referring to a Y cable that goes to a charger and a pair of C headphones.

Exactly.. Thank you..

 

[LeoRex]

OK.. to answer your question... Not sure. I did a quick look around and I haven't seen any USB-C Y cables out there. There probably is, but they aren't easily found.

Blame Samsung. Had they not managed to put a mini-volcano in the Note 7, there would be significantly more USB-C devices out there on the market. Accessory manufacturers build to their audience... and if there aren't many USB-C phones on the market, they won't bother to make all that much. But that's changing. The Pixels were popular, and LG, Samsung, etc. are all switching over to USB-C... just takes time.

 

[N4Newbie]

More importantly - forget charging for a moment - can you listen to headphones through the USB-C port on a 5X?

 

[vVick3d]

It's definitely possible. Whether Google has implemented the software to do this I'm not sure (you'd need a set of USB c headphones to test it out).

What I don't understand is why not just use the 3.5mm jack to listen to music...its not an iPhone....

 

[pazzo02]

OK.. to answer your question... Not sure. I did a quick look around and I haven't seen any USB-C Y cables out there. There probably is, but they aren't easily found.

Blame Samsung. Had they not managed to put a mini-volcano in the Note 7, there would be significantly more USB-C devices out there on the market. Accessory manufacturers build to their audience... and if there aren't many USB-C phones on the market, they won't bother to make all that much. But that's changing. The Pixels were popular, and LG, Samsung, etc. are all switching over to USB-C... just takes time.

And Apple's Thunderbolt 3 is basically a USB-C. Leave it to Apple to put a proprietary name on it to make people think it's something completely different.