Check that your microphone works — live volume meter and waveform, input picker and a local record-and-playback check. Nothing is uploaded.

Click start and allow microphone access. Audio stays on your device — nothing is recorded server-side or uploaded.

Input level

Microphone is off.


The clip lives only in this tab and is discarded when you leave.

Speak normally — the meter and waveform should move. If they stay flat, the wrong input may be selected.


About Mic Test

The Mic Test verifies that your microphone actually picks up sound. Start the test, allow microphone access, and speak: a live input-level meter and a real-time waveform respond instantly. If the meter moves, your mic works; if it stays flat, the tool helps you spot the classic culprit — the wrong input device selected.

A device picker lists every microphone your system exposes — headset, built-in array, USB interface — so you can test each one. For a full round-trip check, record a five-second clip and play it back to hear exactly what you sound like, including background noise and levels.

Your audio never leaves the device. The meter and waveform are computed locally in your browser, nothing is uploaded, and the test clip lives only in the current tab — it is discarded the moment you leave the page.

How to use Mic Test

  1. Click “Start mic test” and allow microphone access when prompted.
  2. Speak normally and watch the input-level meter and waveform respond.
  3. If the meter stays flat, switch inputs with the microphone picker and try again.
  4. Record the five-second clip and play it back to hear your actual sound quality.
  5. Click Stop to end the test and release the microphone.

Frequently asked questions

No. The level meter and waveform are computed entirely in your browser, and the optional five-second test clip exists only in the current tab — it is never uploaded and is discarded when you leave the page.

Nine times out of ten the wrong input is selected. Try each device in the microphone picker. Also check the hardware mute switch on headsets, and confirm the operating system’s input volume is not at zero.

Quiet usually means low input gain or too much distance from the mic; distortion means the gain is too high and clipping. Adjust the input level in your OS sound settings and re-record the test clip until it sounds clean.

You denied the permission earlier. Click the padlock icon in the address bar, set Microphone to Allow, reload the page and start the test again.

Yes, completely free — no account, no app to install. It works in any modern browser that supports microphone capture.


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