This was true until recently. A new product has come out: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07FCZY1ZB/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07FCZY1ZB/ I bought this

This was true until recently. A new product has come out: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07FCZY1ZB/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07FCZY1ZB/ I bought this for my essential phone two weeks ago and it does actually work, like reviews state. It's been wonderful to get that jack back. Bluetooth, as cool as it is, has never been 100% reliable for me. Getting random choppy audio and charging headphone batteries is something I don't want to deal with anymore when I am sitting in bed. I tried it for nine months, and the experience sucked big time. Bluetooth still works fine in my car, though. So I'll keep using it there.