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What is the difference between a headset and headphones?

Updated: 12/11/2022
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Mylene Gleichner

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Technically, a "headphone" refers to a single speaker mounted on a structure worn on the head. Headphones (plural) refers to a pair of speakers mounted on a structure and placed next to each ear, but with no microphone attached.

A "headset" is typically a speaker (or a pair of speakers) with one or more microphones attached.

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