The Shure MV88 USB-C Stereo Microphone mounts directly to your phone

Shure is updating its MV88 microphone for the modern era by adding a USB-C connector for mounting directly to your smartphone. the Original MV88which was released in 2015, had a Lightning connector, but this is clearly not practically useful anymore. the MV88+ It added USB, but it relied on a cable and didn’t mount directly to a phone or tablet. The MV88 USB-C brings back the original form factor with a modern connector.

The MV88 USB-C is a condenser microphone with four polar pattern options: stereo, cardioid, bidirectional mono, and raw mid-side. There are also apps (MOTIV Video and MOTIV Audio on mobile, and MOTIV Mix on desktop) that offer presets, as well as manual gain control, plus a five-band equalizer, limiter, compressor, and high-pass filter to fine-tune the sound.

If you’re not interested in getting into the nitty-gritty of things, you can just plug the MV88 USB-C directly into your phone, turn on Auto Level and Denoiser mode in real time, and start vlogging or live streaming with minimal hassle. These features, combined with the included foam windshield, mean you should be able to cruise down a busy street without getting overwhelmed by traffic or interrupting your audio signal.

Shure is promoting the MV88 to content creators. Its price of $159 puts it in the same range a lot Wireless LionLike these people He rodeThis may be more suitable for individual vlogs. But if capturing the ambient noise of your environment is part of your taste, or if you want to capture multiple subjects without micing people individually, the MV88 could be attractive.