Shure debuts a USB-C version of its MV88 microphone at CES 2026

Shure’s original MV88 microphone (no, not the + version) was a convenient snap-on action for iPhone users. Since Apple ditched nan larboard for USB-C, nan audio accessory became obsolete for newer handsets. At CES 2026, nan institution debuted a revised type of nan mic, swapping nan Lightning relationship for USB-C, which besides adds compatibility for Android users and a big of different devices. The champion portion is nan updated MV88 is disposable now, and it’s priced astatine $159.

If you missed nan 2015 version, nan MV88 is simply a compact stereo condenser microphone that simply snaps onto a phone, tablet aliases 1 of your laptop’s ports. It provides a packable boost to immoderate built-in mics connected your devices, allowing you to seizure amended audio for sound and video clips. What’s more, it’s a simple, plug-and-play action that doesn’t require further setup. And if you take to employment Shure’s suite of apps, you’ll get entree to things for illustration presets, microphone summation control, a five-band EQ, limiter, compression and a high-pass filter. Plus, nan company’s apps will springiness you a microphone level metre to support tabs connected your input.

With Auto Level Mode, nan mic automatically adjusts summation successful existent clip truthful that your clips aren’t excessively large aliases excessively quiet. There’s besides a Real-Time Denoiser that useful to trim inheritance noise. The MV88 USB-C has 4 selectable polar patterns — stereo, mono cardioid, mono bi-directional and earthy mid-side — and you tin tilt nan microphone truthful that it either points consecutive up aliases towards you.

I’ve been testing nan caller MV88 for a fewer days up of CES and I tin corroborate it’s a important boost complete thing a device’s built-in microphone tin offer. It’s besides a bully replacement to popular lapel mics you’ve apt seen creators and influencers use. Those request to beryllium held adjacent to nan speaker’s mouth, truthful they don’t pic up ambient sound aliases aggregate speakers good without moving them. The MV88 would nan amended prime for capturing clips of unrecorded music, nan awesome outdoors aliases different places wherever you want immoderate level of inheritance noise.

Sound value has been awesome frankincense far. After hardly tweaking immoderate settings, audio seizure is warm, but besides crisp and clear. That Real-Time Denoiser wholly eliminated a noisy edifice room A/C portion during 1 of my testing sessions. This intends nan caller MV88 will amended my sound if I request to do immoderate sound aliases video interviews this week from my room. I’m besides looking guardant to seeing really good it does astatine immoderate of nan evening events and connected nan CES show floor.

To me, nan champion portion astir nan MV88 is nan speedy and easy setup. You virtually conscionable threat it connected your phone, aliases different instrumentality pinch a USB-C port, and aft a fewer taps you’re fresh to record. Shure besides included a mini lawsuit for nan microphone, truthful it’s little apt to get damaged immoderate clip you conscionable request to chuck it successful your bag.