Through the following guide we will teach you how to use or turn your Android phone into a microphone for the PC , useful in case of emergencies or if you want to download and use Audacity as another alternative for this purpose.
How to Use or Convert my Android Phone into a Microphone for my PC
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- How to download WO Mic to use my Android as a microphone for PC
- How to turn my Android phone into a microphone for the computer by configuring the WO Mic tool
- How to check that the Android mobile is working properly as a microphone
How to download WO Mic to use my Android as a microphone for PC
There are several applications that can be useful to use our Android as a microphone in emergencies. In any case, we recommend you use WO Mic, as it is one of the ones that works best. To do this, the first thing is to download the WO Mic application both from your computer and from your mobile.
- Head over to the WO Mic website, where you will download the client and drivers needed to use your phone as a microphone on your PC.
- Simply click on the link “ WO Mic client for Windows” and “WO Mic device driver for Windows”
- After the above, proceed to install both applications, that is, the client and the drivers.
- Now, you will need to head over to the Play Store and search for WO Mic. In case you can’t find it or don’t know what it is, you can visit the WO Mic link in the Play Store.
- Simply download the appand proceed to the next tutorial to use it
How to turn my Android phone into a microphone for the computer by configuring the WO Mic tool
Once the WO Mic program is correctly installed on both your Android mobile and your computer, we can start the process to use the Android mobile as a microphone on your PC.
- First of all , open the WO Mic appon your mobile device, you may be asked for permissions to record audio, just provide them.
- Now start WO Mic Client on your computer.
- Once you have started WO Mic Client, go to the “Connection” tab and then click on “Connect”.
- The configuration window will appear, as you can see, there are several ways to connect to your device and use it as a microphone. Either way, we recommend using the USB method.
- Once you have selected the method of your choice, click on the “Connect” option
- There is a possibility that the mobile shows a connection screen, simply click on “Accept”.
- If the message “ Connected” appears in the lower left part of the WO Mic Client program , the connection process will have been successful and you will be able to use your cell phone as a microphone.
How to check that the Android mobile is working properly as a microphone
In the event that you want to record the screen of your PC and use the Android cell phone as a microphone, it is best to check that it is working properly, which you can do in the following way.
- Go to the start menu of your computer, there type “Sound”.
- Click on the “Sound” application to go to the options related to the sound of the computer.
- Head over to the “Record” tabwhich is where the microphones, line inputs, and other recording peripherals are displayed.
- The WO Mic app microphone will be displayed as “Microphone” and “ Wo Mic Device” will be displayed at the bottom.
- If you want to see if it works, just look at the bar on the right. If activity is shown, it means that the cell phone is detecting the sound.
- Anyway, if you want to check the audio quality, double click on the microphone.
- Now head over to the “Listen” tab and turn on the “Listen to this device” option. Keep in mind that it is best to enable this option only if you have hearing aids.
- Check the audio quality and finally disable the “ Listen to this device” option.
In the above way you can check that the cell phone is working properly as a microphone. On the other hand, if you have problems, you can guide yourself by learning how to activate and deactivate the microphone in Windows 10, something that does not differ much from the previous one. Undoubtedly , the program is perfectly functional for its purpose and can get you out of trouble if you need a microphone and don’t have it.
