30 Years of .mp3: Three Letters That Changed the World
Panorama / July 4, 2025

The technology behind these three letters has become an inseparable part of our daily lives: in 2025, the file extension “.mp3” celebrates its 30th anniversary. This audio format laid the foundation for many more groundbreaking audio codecs made in Erlangen. An innovation that began at Fraunhofer IIS and continues to resonate globally.