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About MicTests.com
This website provides a simple online mic test that allows you to check if microphone is working properly. Since it’s a browser microphone test, you don’t have to download or install any third-party software. Moreover, even if it may seem too simple, MicTests.Com will test your microphone regardless of its type or the device and operating system you are using. And to surprise you even more, this mic test will display a lot of useful information about your microphone (for example, its name, number of audio channels, latency, sample size and sample rate, as well as if it supports echo cancellation or noise suppression). In addition, if the tester will detect any problems with your microphone, you will receive tips on how to fix them.
Why do you need a mic test?
There are many reasons why people want to test their microphone. Here are just a few of them:
- Have purchased or connected a new microphone and want to check if it works properly.
- Want to check if headset microphone is enabled.
- Verify if computer microphone doesn’t distort their voice.
- Find if webcam has a built-in microphone.
- Make sure that other applications can detect their microphones.
- Want to admire the microphone visualizer.
- Just out of curiosity.
How to test your mic?
Testing your microphone with our online tool is pretty simple: just wait until all your multimedia devices are detected and then click the “Test my mic” button. If this button doesn’t appear and you haven’t received any notifications, it’s likely that there’s been an error with your browser. To help you, please contact us at info@mictests.com
How is the microphone being tested?
- First of all, it is determined if the browser supports functions for accessing multimedia devices. If so, a list of detected microphones and necessary controls are displayed.
- When you click the “Test my mic” button, your browser will ask permission to start the microphone on this site.
- Once access is granted, the microphone will start up and you will see the visualizer of sounds captured by your mic.
- The tester starts to record your voice and any noise captured by your mic.
- Now it’s time to determine supported features and make some some measurements.
- Finally are displayed the testing results, hints and additional controls (including the playback).
Why do you have to leave a review?
Once the mic test is complete, you can leave a review about your microphone. This is not necessary, but we recommend that you do this to help others buy a good microphone and bypass the bad ones. Also, after your review is published, you will see how good your microphone is (i.e., you will find out how good it is in the best microphone rating).
System Requirements
To test the microphone, you only need a modern browser (unfortunately, Internet Explorer is not a such browser) that supports functions for accessing multimedia devices. As you have noticed, our microphone test tool does not require any additional software such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight or browser plug-ins. There are no restrictions on the type of device, so your microphone can be integrated (into headphones, mobile device, laptop), wireless (WiFi, bluetooth) or connected via cord (USB, TRL, XLR).
Below are listed the operating systems and the minimum versions of supported browsers:
- Samsung Browser 5.2
- Chrome 50.0
- Firefox 68.0
- Edge 45.0
- Android WebView 88.0
- Silk 86
- Opera Mobile 64
- Yandex Browser 21.11
- Android 4.0
- Chrome 58.0
- Firefox 48.0
- Firefox 38.0
- Chrome 60.0
- Chromium 65.0
- Opera 71
- Chrome 80.0
- Safari 11.1
- Opera 68
- Firefox 76.0
- Firefox 74.0
- Chromium 80.0
- Chrome 51.0
- Edge 13.0
- Firefox 68.0
- Opera 60.0
- Yandex Browser 19.1
- Coc Coc Browser 70.0
- Chrome 56.0
- Firefox 56.0
- Opera 40.0
- Edge 87.0
- Coc Coc Browser 63.0
- Iron 88.0
- Chrome 80.0
- Firefox 74.0
- Opera 68
- Chrome 63.0
- Firefox 74.0
- Opera 68
- Edge 88.0
- Yandex Browser 21.11
- Firefox 47.0
- Edge 18.0
- Safari 12.1
- Chrome 87.0
- Firefox for iOS 112.0
- Safari 13.0
- Chrome 96.0
- Safari 11.1
- Chrome 75.0
- Firefox 68.0
- Opera 53
- Edge 85.0
If your operating system or browser is not listed here, this does not mean that it is not supported. It just has not been tested yet. Therefore, feel free to check yourself.
Privacy
- All operations required for testing are performed by the browser and all data is stored in the user’s device memory.
- We do not store technical information until the user publishes a feedback about his microphone.
- If the user does not publish a review, all data from the device memory is deleted when the page is closed.
- Reviews are publicly available and contain only technical information about the microphones tested.
- We never store audio recordings made with your microphone.
Disclaimer
Because the test results depend on various factors, it is impossible to guarantee an error-free algorithm. Nevertheless, we will constantly work on improving our testing tool and fixing the discovered errors. So if you find any errors or have any suggestions, please contact us at info@mictests.com.
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When it matters: When you want to connect to your speaker wirelessly through Bluetooth, and don’t want to use other methods like an Aux cable or a Wi-Fi connection.
Bluetooth is a common feature in speakers that lets you connect a device to play audio content wirelessly. Although many speakers are Bluetooth-compatible, some only allow other methods of streaming audio, like Wi-Fi or Chromecast. You may use Bluetooth to play music through your speaker or for watching videos and playing video games. We test five aspects of a speaker’s Bluetooth performance to help you make a more informed decision when deciding which speaker is right for you. These are a speaker’s Bluetooth version, its latency with iOS devices, its latency with Android devices, its Bluetooth range, and whether it supports multi-device pairing. Depending on how you use your speaker, you may want to focus on some aspects over others. Below, we go into more detail about why these factors matter and how we test them.
Test results
When It Matters
A speaker’s Bluetooth performance matters if you like streaming audio wirelessly from a paired device. It’s a common connection method for speakers, although not every speaker is Bluetooth-compatible. It also lets you play audio without an internet connection, which is helpful if you like using your speaker outdoors. Depending on your usage habits, you may care about certain aspects of a speaker’s Bluetooth performance over others. If you like using your speaker outside and want to walk around while still playing music from your paired smartphone, you may want a speaker with a long Bluetooth range, like the JBL Boombox 2. If you like watching videos using your speaker, you might want a speaker with low Bluetooth latency with iOS or Android devices, depending on which you use. You may also want a speaker that supports multi-device pairing, which lets you switch easily between audio sources, like your phone and your laptop, or if you’re alternating who’s controlling the playlist with a friend.
Our Tests
We test various aspects of a speaker’s Bluetooth performance, letting you make an informed decision when finding a speaker that fits your needs. A speaker’s Bluetooth version doesn’t contribute to the overall score it receives for its Bluetooth performance, but it can be helpful information so that you know what to expect before buying a speaker. A speaker’s Bluetooth latency, divided between iOS and Android devices, is the largest factor of its Bluetooth performance since it makes it more or less suitable for watching videos and playing video games. We also test a speaker’s Bluetooth range, which indicates how far away your paired device can be while still playing audio clearly. Finally, we test whether a speaker supports multi-device pairing, which may be important to you if you like frequently switching your audio source between devices. Below, we go into more detail about these five factors and how we test for them. Depending on how you like to use your speaker, you may care more about one than another.
Bluetooth Version
When it matters: The more recent Bluetooth speakers provide additional features such as improved battery life and improved range.
A new version of Bluetooth gets released every few years, which adds some features to the software or improves its performance. The most recent update released was Bluetooth 5.2, which was a minor update released in 2019. The last major update was Bluetooth 5, released in 2016, which offered a significant increase in range and reduced the battery consumption of paired devices. Some older Bluetooth-compatible speakers, like the Alpine Corporation QLP542SLR-GR, have Bluetooth 4.0, whereas newer models like the JBL Xtreme 3 have Bluetooth 5.1.
To test a speaker’s Bluetooth version, we check the manual and consult the manufacturer’s website. If a speaker is Bluetooth compatible, but we can’t find its Bluetooth version, we set it to Unlisted. It’s important to note that while each new version of Bluetooth sets out to improve older versions, this doesn’t mean a speaker with a new version of Bluetooth will always have a better Bluetooth performance than a speaker with an older version. This is because our score for a speaker’s Bluetooth performance includes other factors, like its latency and range. For example, the JBL Charge 4 has Bluetooth 4.2, but its Bluetooth performance is much better than that of the Google Nest Mini, which has Bluetooth 5.0.
Bluetooth iOS Latency
What it is: Latency measured with an Apple iPhone 11 using the YouTube app. Note that other apps may have a different latency than the YouTube app. At the moment, iOS devices only support SBC and AAC codecs.
When it matters: If you want to watch video content on your speaker with an iOS device, this value would be important, since the latency of the same speaker could vary significantly depending on the device.
Latency measures the time it takes for an audio signal to reach your ears after being sent from its source. For Bluetooth speakers, this represents the delay between a paired device playing audio and you hearing it. This is important when watching videos or playing video games since too much delay between the audio and video can result in dialogue being out of sync. Ideally, there’s very little latency, which results in dialogue that feels natural and real. Latency is not very important when listening to music since there’s no video content that the music has to align to.
We test Bluetooth latency for iOS and Android devices separately, though the tests themselves are very similar — the only change is the paired device, from iOS to Android. To test a speaker’s iOS latency, we connect an iPhone 11 to the speaker over Bluetooth and set up an iPhone 7 on a tripod to film the screen of the iPhone 11. Using the iPhone 11, we play a latency test video from the YouTube app, with the audio coming from the speaker we’re testing. Using the iPhone 7, we film the iPhone 11 screen using the slow-motion setting. This gives us the speaker’s latency by measuring the time difference, in milliseconds (ms), between the circle hitting the bottom of the screen and the ‘tick’ sound being heard in the iPhone 7’s recording. When the circle hits the bottom of the screen, the circles should be entirely white and red, as seen below. We use computer software called REAPER to measure this difference. If a speaker has very low Bluetooth latency, we’ll hear the tick at virtually the same time as the circle hitting the bottom of the screen, as seen in the original testing video. If a speaker has high Bluetooth latency, we’ll hear the tick noticeably after the circle hits the bottom of the screen.