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The Beats X already use Lightning, and given that Apple controls the Lightning standard and profits off of its use, it’d make enough sense to see it spread to additional peripherals. This is something that’ll be frustrating for people buying into Apple’s ecosystem: if you have a MacBook, an iPhone, and a pair of Beats Solo 3s, you’ll need three different cables and up to two adapters.ĭown the road, it seems like Apple plans to shift Beats headphones over to Lightning cables, which will eliminate some of this problem. But it’s a weird argument to make for a company owned by Apple, particularly since it means the headphones don’t connect directly to Apple’s own products. And there’s a good argument to be made for taking that approach: if Beats wants to appeal to a wider audience, it makes sense to use cables the wider audience is already relying on. One can imagine Beats is doing this to make life easier for people who don’t have the latest and greatest MacBooks and Android phones, which are the main products that have switched over to USB-C. Beats headphones: MicroUSB.- Vlad Savov December 9, 2016