Connecting Wired Headphones to USB C on iPad Air 5 2022?

[Mark Stone]

I think the answer to this is probably yes, but I'll ask anyway: Can wired headphones with a 3.5 be plugged into the USB C charging port on my iPad Air 5th Gen via a patch cable (3.5 female to USB C) to listen to media? I know I can do that through the lightening port on my iPhone 13. TIA

 

[sparksd]

I think the answer to this is probably yes, but I'll ask anyway: Can wired headphones with a 3.5 be plugged into the USB C charging port on my iPad Air 5th Gen via a patch cable (3.5 female to USB C) to listen to media? I know I can do that through the lightening port on my iPhone 13. TIA

Yes.

 

[davidinva]

I have two small adapters. One 3.5 to lightning that I use for my Bose headphones to iPhone and another 3.5 to USB-C that I use with my iPad Mini 6. I also have similar adapters that have pass through charging ports to let you charge your device while using wired headphones. First ones are about $10 each, while the charging ones are about $15.

 

[Mark Stone]

Thanks for the responses!

 

[svendobbelaere]

I think the answer to this is probably yes, but I'll ask anyway: Can wired headphones with a 3.5 be plugged into the USB C charging port on my iPad Air 5th Gen via a patch cable (3.5 female to USB C) to listen to media? I know I can do that through the lightening port on my iPhone 13. TIA

This works just fine with the correct adapter. I use my wired headphones with my ipad pro and my iPhone, I just change the adapter between USB-C or Lightning depending on the device. The Apple adapters are good and not too expensive, but there are other good adapters available.

 

[xraydoc]

Apple’s 3.5mm to USB-C adapters are like $9.99 and work perfectly on the USB-C iPads.
I also found a Lightning to USB-C adapter on Amazon (I think by Anker) which works perfectly as well for Lightning EarPods.

The two above adapters also work perfectly on my MacBook, and the Lightning to USB-C adapter even works on Windows PCs.