{"id":162953,"date":"2025-12-01T20:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/162953\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:58:09","slug":"transform-your-android-phone-into-a-high-quality-pc-mic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/162953\/","title":{"rendered":"Transform your Android phone into a high-quality PC mic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instead of relying on your laptop\u2019s tinny internal mic, you can connect your phone\u2019s microphone to your computer. It also comes in handy if your PC doesn\u2019t have an in-built mic, and you need to make a recording or take a meeting. The setup shouldn\u2019t take more than two minutes. Let\u2019s begin.<\/p>\n

Why you should use your phone’s mic instead<\/p>\n

The microphone inside your phone is (most likely) better than the one inside your laptop. Laptop mics also tend to sound shrill and pick up ambient noise from the keyboard or cooling fans. Most PCs don\u2019t have built-in microphones at all, but they do have network cards or USB ports at the very least. Instead of buying an expensive external microphone just to take Zoom calls, you can stream your phone\u2019s mic to the PC over a wireless or wired connection.<\/p>\n

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\n Credit:\u00a0Justin Duino \/ How-To Geek<\/p>\n

AudioRelay is probably the most popular app for this job, but it\u2019s closed source and shows ads. Whenever possible, I try to use a free and open source alternative, so we\u2019ll be using AndroidMic for this demo. However, the setup process is almost identical: install the app on both devices and connect them over the same Wi-Fi connection.<\/p>\n

You can install AndroidMic for your PC from the official GitHub repo<\/a>, where you\u2019ll find prebuilt packages for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The AndroidMic mobile app is available on the F-Droid<\/a> store (a trusted repository of open source Android apps).<\/p>\n

\"Downloading<\/p>\n

AndroidMic isn\u2019t available on Google Play Store, so you can either install the F-Droid store app to quickly get the app, or you can sideload it using the APK file provided by F-Droid.<\/p>\n

How to connect your Android phone’s mic to a PC<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve installed AndroidMic on both devices, go ahead and open the AndroidMic app on the desktop. You\u2019ll see three sections here: network adapter, audio device, and connection. Make sure you select Wi-Fi from the network adapter menu and Wi-Fi\/LAN (TCP) for the connection. Then click \u2018Connect.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"AndroidMic<\/p>\n

Take a look at the logs, which should now display an IP address and port. We\u2019ll type this IP and port into the mobile app to stream the phone\u2019s mic to the desktop.<\/p>\n

Open the mobile app and tap \u2018Connect.\u2019 Replace the placeholder IP and port with the address listed in the logs.<\/p>\n

If all goes well, the AndroidMic app on the PC should show a \u2018connected\u2019 message in the logs. Right away, the microphone should start streaming within the AndroidMic app. You can test this connection by opening the Recorder app<\/a> or visiting one of those microphone testing websites. You\u2019ll be prompted to choose between an internal and external microphone. The external microphone is your phone\u2019s<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve tethered the two devices, the phone\u2019s mic will connect to the PC instantly without manual input.<\/p>\n

Troubleshooting and bonus tips<\/p>\n

When clicking \u2018connect\u2019 on the PC for the first time, you might encounter an error like \u2018unsupported audio format\u2019 or \u2018unsupported sample rate.\u2019 The easiest way to resolve this is to click the \u2018Settings\u2019 button on the right pane and select \u2018Use Recommended Audio Format.\u2019 Alternatively, you can swipe right within the phone app and make sure the settings listed under Record match the PC audio format configuration.<\/p>\n

You might also hear some reverb in the recording, which could be coming from a feedback loop in the computer\u2019s internal mic or the computer\u2019s speaker feeding back into the phone\u2019s mic. You can address the former by disabling the internal mic entirely and the latter by using headphones or lowering the speaker volume.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how you can disable the computer\u2019s internal microphone, if needed. Open the Settings app and navigate to Sound > Properties. Find the Input Volume slider and mute it.<\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/p>\n

If you still hear echoes or reverb, you can go into device hardware settings<\/a> and disable the internal microphone entirely. Look up \u2018device manager\u2019 in Windows search and open it. Look for a device labeled \u2018internal microphone\u2019 or something similar under Audio Inputs and Outputs. Right-click on this device and select \u2018Disable Device.\u2019 Confirm the choice when the dialog pops up, and it should immediately turn off your phone\u2019s internal mic.<\/p>\n

\"Disabling<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re still getting reverb, it\u2019s most likely because of the computer\u2019s speakers feeding into the phone\u2019s microphone. In that case, I recommend switching to headphones or just lowering the speaker volume.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you can open AndroidMic settings on the PC app, scroll down to De-reverberation, and enable it. I found it to be hit-or-miss mostly, but it might work for you.<\/p>\n

\"Quality<\/p>\n

The settings panel also has some other features you might want to enable. For example, you can set AndroidMic to automatically launch on startup<\/a> and auto-connect when you log into your PC. You can enable Noise Reduction<\/a> filters or amplify the sound if you\u2019re in a crowded area.<\/p>\n

With those simple steps, your phone\u2019s mic is ready to double as your PC\u2019s mic. I\u2019ve tested the app for hours, and the connection is pretty stable, and the voice quality is decent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instead of relying on your laptop\u2019s tinny internal mic, you can connect your phone\u2019s microphone to your computer.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-162953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}