Put a 3.5mm headphone and mic jack back on a USB-C device
A small USB-C external sound card that gives a USB-C laptop, phone or tablet two 3.5mm jacks: one for headphones or a speaker, one for a microphone. Plug and play, no drivers, no power adapter.
This is a generic USB-C external sound card in the form of a short adapter.
One end is a USB-C male plug that goes into a laptop, phone or tablet, and the other end splits into two clearly marked 3.5mm jacks: a stereo output for headphones or a speaker, and an input for a microphone.
Modern USB-C laptops, phones and tablets have dropped the built-in headphone jack, and this adapter puts that wired jack back, so you can plug in ordinary 3.5mm headphones and an external mic.
It is bus-powered, which means it takes the small amount of power it needs from the USB-C port, with no battery and no separate power adapter.
It is plug and play as a standard USB audio class device, so Windows, macOS, Linux and most modern USB-C phones and tablets pick it up on their own with no drivers to install.
It supports both TRS and CTIA microphone wiring, so it works with common lavalier and headset mics. This is a consumer-grade adapter that gives a stereo output and a single mic input.
It is the right tool for adding a wired audio jack to a USB-C device, but it is not a studio interface and has no XLR inputs or phantom power.
Why Choose This Product
- Adds a jack that is missing: a modern USB-C laptop or phone with no headphone port gets a wired 3.5mm output and mic input back.
- Headphones and mic together: two separate 3.5mm ports, so you can monitor on headphones and use a wired mic at the same time.
- Plug and play: a standard USB audio class device, recognised by Windows, macOS, Linux and most USB-C phones and tablets with no drivers.
- No power to worry about: bus-powered from the USB-C port, so there is no battery to charge and no adapter to plug in.
- Neat and portable: a short 15cm lead that sits tidily at the side of a laptop or on a podium.
How Can You Use This
- Wire a presenter mic to a USB-C laptop: plug a 3.5mm lavalier or headset mic into a laptop that has no combo jack.
- Send audio out to a speaker or mixer: feed the 3.5mm output to a powered speaker or a mixer for a small meeting or session.
- Fallback when the built-in jack fails: keep audio working when a laptop's own headphone port is noisy, damaged or absent.
- Separate mic and monitoring for streaming: give a live-stream or workshop setup a dedicated mic input and headphone monitoring on a USB-C device.
- Wired headphones on a phone or tablet: use ordinary 3.5mm headphones on a USB-C phone or tablet that has no headphone jack.
What's Included
- 1× USB-C sound card adapter (single unit)
