The sometimes controversial Lightning to 3.5mm headphone adapter is at the end of its road. The accessory first launched with the iPhone 7 in 2016.

It appears that Apple is discontinuing the Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter that it released alongside the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

Users who haven't got around to buying Apple's short Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter after eight years are now out of luck, as the iPhone 7 accessory appears to be discontinued.

Apple appears to have quietly discontinued a popular accessory that was once essential for iPhone users -- 3.5mm Lightning to Headphone Jack Adapter. Apple appears to have quietly discontinued a popular accessory that was once essential for some iPhone users.

Nonetheless, many people out there still have older Lightning iPhones but haven't yet made the jump to wireless headphones. Third-party options are out there that they can use—at least for now—but the popular Apple adapter seems to be following the same script that other deprecated Apple accessories have followed when riding off into the sunset.

It appears Apple has discontinued a popular accessory that many iPhone users still use to listen to their music and media: the dongle.

Apple may have stopped manufacturing the Lighting to headphone jack adapter that the company launched with the iPhone 7 lineup back in 2016.