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Reddit mentions of Kinobo Condenser Microphone USB Mini Mic “Mini Akiro” - Laptop Microphone for Skype - Ideal as Microphone for HP Laptop/Windows 10 / Windows 8 Mini Microphone
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We found 4 Reddit mentions of Kinobo Condenser Microphone USB Mini Mic “Mini Akiro” - Laptop Microphone for Skype - Ideal as Microphone for HP Laptop/Windows 10 / Windows 8 Mini Microphone. Here are the top ones.
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- Kinobo Mini Akiro is a Condenser Microphone USB - a mini version of our popular and acclaimed Akiro (also available on Amazon)
- Adds great quality microphone recording to your desktop or laptop computer. Ideal as a mini microphone for HP laptop
- Ideal as a laptop microphone, comes with a sticky pad to stick to your laptop case
- Works with Skype or any other voice calling software. Also works with voice dictation applications
- Our Mini USB Microphone requires no extra software or drivers to function. Compatible with all versions of Windows later than XP
Features:
Specs:
| Height | 1.1 Inches |
| Length | 6.22 Inches |
| Weight | 0.26 Pounds |
| Width | 4.49 Inches |
This has been on my bucket list for a while now but I'm waiting for a new wireless keyboard to get started (Chinese vendor messed up the shipment).
What I do already know is that you need a very good microphone if you don't want to have it taped to your chest all the time.
Something
like this. (Might not even be good enough, see below)I don't know which androidtv you currently have, but you need one that has a remote with microphone built-in, then you just press a button and speak into it
Or stick this to your device
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NSOWWIS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
I have just purchase this. It's not a remote, but a USB mic.
Just seen on another thread that Sony Android TVs support this mic:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NSOWWIS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
A lot of the universal controllers have mics on them but none of them work with the voice search. Most of them won't bother stating that on their page, so if you think you have found one that may work, get the seller to confirm before you bother buying it.
 
A workaround might be to buy something like this USB microphone or this one to replace the mic on your control, and then use a universal for all the other functions. The potential problems with this are that:
 
a) Certain usb mics might not work (or androidtv might break this functionality in future updates). I currently use a C310 webcam, until I can find another cheap usb mic locally. It works well. As a side note, I did actually have my hopes up that I could use the webcam for Skype on my TV, but Skype won't work on androidTV. Also be aware that you need to sit 2m from the mic - some people with big TVs in big houses complain that the accuracy drops too much when they're 3m or more away.
 
b) You may have to use your universal remote to navigate to and enable the voice search icon, rather than activating it directly with a button on your universal remote: I don't think they can 'learn' the microphone key action from your original remote.
 
Also remember you can use your phone or tablet as a remote/mic with the Android TV App. It's too much of a hassle for most people to grab their phone every time they want to search, but I just thought I'd mention it.