Insta360’s new wireless mic looks no bigger than an Apple AirTag

The Mic Air tin beryllium worn utilizing a clip oregon a magnetic attachment. | Image: Insta360

Having already secured a beardown foothold successful the enactment cam marketplace with its Ace Pro lineup, Insta360 is present challenging DJI, Shure, and Rode with the company’s archetypal wireless microphone. Looking comparable successful size to an Apple AirTag, the Insta360 Mic Air is 1 of the smallest and lightest wireless mics present disposable portion inactive offering up to 10 hours of artillery life.

The Insta360 Mic Air is presently disposable done the company’s online store and retailers similar Amazon for $49.99 for the microphone by itself, oregon arsenic portion of a $69.99 bundle that includes a USB-C receiver needed to link the mic wirelessly to smartphones and Insta360’s stabilized gimbals.

Weighing conscionable 7.9 grams, the Mic Air is lighter than the 10 gram DJI Mic Mini, the 30 gram Rode Wireless GO II, and adjacent Shure’s tiny 8.2 gram MoveMic. It’s designed to beryllium worn by clipping it to clothing, utilizing a magnetic backing, oregon by hanging from a pendant strap. For solo creators, the Mic Air besides has its ain fastener controls that tin beryllium utilized to activate sound canceling, commencement oregon halt video recording, and adjacent rapidly mute it, portion the USB-C receiver has its ain measurement controls.

Insta360 claims the Mic Air offers up to 10 hours of usage connected a azygous complaint and a scope of up to 300 meters, but that’s portion the microphone is connected to its optional wireless receiver successful an “open, unobstructed, and interference-free environment” and with sound canceling turned off. The Mic Air tin besides wirelessly link straight to the Insta360 Ace Pro 2 enactment cam and Insta360 X5 8K 360-degree cam implicit Bluetooth (the institution is promising compatibility with different models coming later). But doing truthful drops the artillery beingness to up to 7.5 hours and the scope volition beryllium reduced to betwixt 30 and 50 meters.

Although Bluetooth connectivity is included, the optional USB-C wireless receiver is needed to usage the Mic Air with smartphones, which besides means you’ll perchance request a cumbersome adapter dongle to usage it with older iPhones that inactive person a lightning port.