Will there be a male 3.5mm to Lightning adapter to use my new lightning headphones?

What you say unfortunately makes sense. But this also points to Apple's failure to think this through. As a user with a MacBook Pro and iPhone 7 I now need to have two pairs of headphones at all times to use with my devices? Apple's answer: Just buy $150 ear pods does not seem like a great solution. Maybe a lightening to USB adapter? The Macbook Pro supports digital out through the 3.5mm headphone jack. Is there an adapter for that?

I recently encountered this issue as well and I think I may have a simpler solution. Using Apple adapter

Lightning to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter - Apple (CA) and then any male to male 3.5mm cable...that should do the trick. But I haven't tried it yet. Will see how it goes.

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I have not purchased the items to test this yet, but through a series of adapters I may have figured out a solution. There are adapters like this: http://www.rakuten.com/prod/rsigear-usb-c-to-8-pin-lightning-female-adapter-conv erter-charger-for/292972774.html?listing… available to change Lightning to USB C, then you need to change the USB C male to USB male: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/162061388785?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true, and then you can change the USB to male 3.5mm: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAAZM45N7261&ignorebbr=1&nm_m c=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-_-Car+Amplifier+%26+Speaker+Ins tallation-_-9SIAAZM45N7261&gclid=CjwKEAiAz4XFBRCW87vj6-28uFMSJAAHeGZb6EBPJpxlVnN PLwlfphFkf8xH_IlXhDSpFNCx0bfQWBoCX4_w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds.

Hope this helps, and if you go through with it let me know if it works out!

I totally get your problem. I was searching for the same thing and I found this. Let me know if it helps!

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Adam218 is looking for a 3.5 mm jack to female lightning adaptor. Your link points to a 3.5 mm jack to male lightning adaptor.

So far these are only available from a 3rd party and not Apple directly (don't know why).

IMCPS wrote:

Adam218 is looking for a 3.5 mm jack to female lightning adaptor. Your link points to a 3.5 mm jack to male lightning adaptor.

So far these are only available from a 3rd party and not Apple directly (don't know why).

I have found no adapters for this from any manufacturer at all. If you know of any a link would be helpful.

However the general reason is that going from analog audio output (3.5mm jack) to a digital audio(lighting female) requires power, and lots of circuitry, which would make any adapter a large bulky affair with a substantial price tag.

And unless people only own the headphones that come with the iPhone 7 or later, they already have other headphones they can use with their computer, and other audio systems. There's really very little point, when the solution is simply to use other headphones. Cheap and fast.

I know the question may be a bit confusing. However, if you read the question you'll notice that Adam is aware of the adapter you provided a link to. I believe he is actually asking if there will be an adapter to allow for the lightning male on the headphones to plug into and convert it to an audio male so that it can be used with the Macbook Air or other devices that utilize regular audio ports instead of lighting ports.

There is no way to know what will be unless/until Apple or a third party announce.

Try http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMX62AM/A/lightning-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-ad apter

For technical reasons, I doubt it. Lightning passes through a digital signal. The earbuds, and the included adapter, contain a DAC to convert that signal to analog. A male 3.5mm to Lightning would need to contain an ADC to convert the 3.5mm analog signal back to digital for your Lightning earbuds to convert it back to analog. Your audio file would need to go through a DAC-ADC-DAC sequence. never good for sound quality.

However, it is probably technically feasible to have digital audio out through USB C to a lightning female port.

But I don't think there will be a huge market for such a thing.

This is opposite solution to the problem... like, actually, the opposite.

Have you found any reverse headphone jack adapter?

Nope, you would need a female lighning connector to make this work.

He means the other way around. 3.5mm headphone jack pin to lightening female.