The driver is not working. It does not install Virtual mic Driver. Mobile works as sound is working, but mic does not working in the last update.
Hello @Jamsingh_Rawat,
Is there anything in Device manager?
Example:
Could you please copy/paste your device and Windows specifications?
In Windows, it’s available in Settings → About.
Example:
| Device name | MY-PC |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel(R) Core™ i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz 4.00 GHz |
| System type | 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor |
| Pen and touch | No pen or touch input is available for this display |
| Edition | Windows 10 Pro |
|---|---|
| Version | 22H2 |
| OS build | 19045.2604 |
| Experience | Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4190.0 |
Hey! i have the same problem as the original poster but i cant choose the mic mode on the app, even though the input shows up on device manager. [even trying one person’s comment on No Virtual mic driver - #4 by Shrimp doesnt seem to work on me]
here are my device’s specs:
| Device name | expnsn |
|---|---|
| Processor | 12th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i5-12450HX 2.40 GHz |
| System type | 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor |
| Pen and touch | No pen or touch input is available for this display |
| Edition | Windows 11 Pro |
|---|---|
| Version | 22H2 |
| OS build | 22621.4249 |
| Experience | Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1041.0 |
Any news on this issue? I have the same one. I had everything working. Then for another issue I uninstalled the virtual drivers. When I reinstall audiorelay, even if I select “install virtual mic driver”, it simply does not in fact reinstall it. I can’t use audiorelay’s “mic” option anymore
@solarprogeny @MartinB So far, I can’t reproduce the issue. When I disable or remove the mic driver, it comes back when I run the installer again.
There are some things that you could try though
Clean reinstall
As AudioRelay’s uninstaller remove the drivers, you could try to uninstall before trying to reinstalling.
In case the driver is installed but the audio device is disabled
If the device is disabled/not allowed, it’ll be hidden in the Device Manager.
In that case, it should show up if you enable View → Show Hidden devices.
To enable/allow the device, go to Settings → System → Sound → All sound Devices
If Virtual Mic is marked as disabled, click on it then click on Allow
Diagnostics
Running these commands in a Windows powershell could tell us more about your system’s current state
pnputil /enum-drivers | Select-String "audiorelay" -Context 1,8
pnputil /enum-devices | Select-String "audiorelay" -Context 1,6
Example result
Drivers
Instance ID: SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.0.00000000}.{957ffc6f-445b-4e80-b20b-89801b74d7d6}
> Device Description: Virtual Speakers (Virtual Speakers for AudioRelay)
Class Name: AudioEndpoint
Class GUID: {c166523c-fe0c-4a94-a586-f1a80cfbbf3e}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: audioendpoint.inf
Instance ID: SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.1.00000000}.{3abce2f8-acd8-4bec-b395-1a4d8a4b8d70}
> Device Description: Virtual Mic (Virtual Mic for AudioRelay)
Class Name: AudioEndpoint
Class GUID: {c166523c-fe0c-4a94-a586-f1a80cfbbf3e}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Disconnected
Driver Name: audioendpoint.inf
Instance ID: ROOT\MEDIA\0000
> Device Description: Virtual Mic for AudioRelay
Class Name: MEDIA
Class GUID: {4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Asapha Halifa
Status: Disabled
Driver Name: oem56.inf
Instance ID: ROOT\MEDIA\0001
> Device Description: Virtual Speakers for AudioRelay
Class Name: MEDIA
Class GUID: {4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Asapha Halifa
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem34.inf
Devices
Published Name: oem56.inf
> Original Name: audiorelay.virtual-mic.inf
Provider Name: Asapha Halifa
Class Name: MEDIA
Class GUID: {4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Driver Version: 09/12/2022 1.0.2.0
Signer Name: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
Attributes: Universal
Attested
Published Name: oem47.inf
> Original Name: audiorelay.virtual-speaker.inf
Provider Name: Asapha Halifa
Class Name: MEDIA
Class GUID: {4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Driver Version: 08/26/2022 1.0.1.0
Signer Name: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
Attributes: Universal
Attested
Published Name: oem34.inf
> Original Name: audiorelay.virtual-speaker.inf
Provider Name: Asapha Halifa
Class Name: MEDIA
Class GUID: {4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Driver Version: 09/12/2022 1.0.2.0
Signer Name: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
Attributes: Universal
Attested
Checking the installer
Lastly, running the installer with logs enabled could tell us whether it fails to install the drivers
Assuming that you’re installer is in the Downloads for, run this in a Powershell terminal
& "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\audiorelay-0.27.5.exe" /LOG="$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\installation.log"
The interesting part is at the end
2026-02-08 13:38:56.131 -- Run entry --
2026-02-08 13:38:56.131 Run as: Current user
2026-02-08 13:38:56.131 Type: Exec
2026-02-08 13:38:56.131 Filename: C:\Program Files (x86)\AudioRelay\tools\drivers\AudioConnect.DriverHelper.exe
2026-02-08 13:38:56.131 Parameters: install "C:\Program Files (x86)\AudioRelay/drivers/AudioRelayVirtualMic/audiorelay.virtual-mic.inf" *audiorelayvirtualmic
2026-02-08 13:38:56.890 Process exit code: 0
2026-02-08 13:38:56.890 -- Run entry --
2026-02-08 13:38:56.890 Run as: Current user
2026-02-08 13:38:56.890 Type: Exec
2026-02-08 13:38:56.890 Filename: C:\Program Files (x86)\AudioRelay\tools\drivers\AudioConnect.DriverHelper.exe
2026-02-08 13:38:56.890 Parameters: install "C:\Program Files (x86)\AudioRelay/drivers/AudioRelayVirtualSpeaker/audiorelay.virtual-speaker.inf" *audiorelayvirtualspeaker
2026-02-08 13:38:57.757 Process exit code: 0
2026-02-08 13:38:57.761 Need to restart Windows? No
2026-02-08 13:42:12.987 Deinitializing Setup.
2026-02-08 13:42:12.994 Log closed.
@Asapha Thanks for looking into this issue. Here are my results:
- Reinstalling App didn’t bring the mic device back again (Controller is present)
- Uninstalling/Installing brings back the device:
Now everything works fine and I can use my Google Pixel 7a as a microphone on my Dell PC.
Nice, thanks for reporting back
Just wanted to share I ran into this problem. Uninstalling then installing didn’t solve the issue. What did solve it was only selecting the mic to install, then installing again only selecting the speaker. That seems to have done the trick