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iMic

Your iPhone. Your Mac’s microphone.

Stream clear voice over your local Wi-Fi — zero cables, zero cloud, under 100 ms.

Download for MacGet the iPhone app

How it works

Three steps. Then you're live.

Automatic discovery on your network. Reconnects after sleep and Wi-Fi blips.

  1. 01

    Install

    iMic for Mac (menu bar) and iMic for iPhone. One guided driver setup.

  2. 02

    Pair

    Mac shows a 6-digit code. Type it on iPhone. Trusted forever after.

  3. 03

    Select “iMic”

    Pick it as the microphone in Zoom, Meet, Discord, OBS, ChatGPT — and speak.

Features

Mic in your pocket. Remote in your hand.

A virtual microphone every app can use, plus shortcuts without touching the keyboard.

A virtual microphone every app can use

Your phone captures; your Mac exposes “iMic” as a system input. Mute from the phone. Level meters on both ends. Keeps streaming with the screen locked.

Shortcuts without touching the keyboard

Custom buttons on iPhone fire Mac shortcuts — push-to-talk, Spotlight, screenshot, Raycast, Alfred, dictation, start recording. Tap or hold.

Built for long sessions

Adaptive jitter buffer, clock-drift correction, automatic reconnect after sleep or Wi-Fi blips. Designed to hold for hours, not minutes.

The full flow

From Mac setup to studio mic.

Follow one session end to end — set up iMic on your Mac, publish to your network, talk from your iPhone, and your Mac hears it as a studio-clear input.

  1. 01

    Set up iMic on your Mac

    Mac

    Install the menu-bar app and its virtual microphone driver once — launch at login and permissions are all handled here.

    iMic Mac Settings window showing launch at login, the virtual microphone driver installed and Accessibility permission granted.

    Install the driver & grant permissions

  2. 02

    Publish to your network

    Mac

    Your Mac starts advertising on your local network and shows a six-digit code — enter it on your iPhone to pair the two.

    iMic Mac pairing dialog advertising on the local network and displaying a six-digit code to enter on the iPhone.

    Broadcast and share the pairing code

  3. 03

    Talk from your iPhone

    iPhone

    Hold to talk, fire Mac shortcuts, and dial in your mic — capture and control both live in your pocket.

    iMic iPhone app on the Mic tab, holding to talk with a live 10 ms latency readout while connected to a MacBook Pro.

    Hold-to-talk with live latency

    iMic iPhone app Buttons tab showing a grid of programmable Mac shortcuts — Spotlight, Screenshot, Push to Talk, Copy, Esc and more.

    Programmable shortcut buttons

    iMic iPhone Settings with sample rate, microphone selection, microphone boost and voice isolation controls.

    Sample rate, mic boost & voice isolation

    iMic iPhone app arranging the quick-key row by dragging, with a 6 ms latency readout.

    Arrange your quick-key row

    iMic iPhone Talk Key screen mapping a push-to-talk key and modifiers for a Mac app.

    Map a push-to-talk key for Mac apps

  4. 04

    Your Mac hears it

    Mac

    iMic shows up as a system input — pick it in Zoom, OBS, or anything else, and your Mac hears your iPhone in real time.

    iMic Mac menu-bar popover showing a connected iPhone and iMic selected as the system Sound Input.

    Pick iMic as your Mac input

Who it's for

Stand up, speak, stay connected.

Presenters, podcasters, streamers, and Mac power users.

  • Stand and present while the Mac stays on the desk.
  • Podcast or stream with a better mic than the built-in — no USB dongle.
  • Trigger OBS, mute, or Raycast without reaching the keyboard.
  • Pair once at home; reconnect automatically every workday.

Local by design

Your voice never leaves your network.

Encrypted on your network. Never uploaded.

  • Local Wi-Fi / peer-to-peer only — no cloud relay.
  • Encrypted control and audio channels.
  • Pairing with pinned device identity keys.
  • No audio stored by default.
  • Accessibility permission only if you use keyboard shortcuts — audio works without it.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Everything you need to know before you pair your first device.

Get iMic

Put iMic on your desk.

macOS 14+ and iOS 17+. Same Wi-Fi. Pair once.

Requires a Mac and iPhone on the same local network. One-time admin install for the virtual microphone driver.