Elgato Takes On DJI With a Tiny Wireless Mic for On-the-Go Creators

Elgato currently dominates the market for hardware built for creators who use powerful desktop computers, and with its first wireless microphone, it has now turned its attention to creators on the move. The $99.99 Wave Go, like DJI's Mic Mini, clips onto your clothes with hands-free recording for blogging and content creation. Wave Go […]

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The Wave Go features "broadcast-quality" audio and a USB-C receiver designed for mobile.

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The Wave Go microphone is about the size of an AirPod. Image: Elgato

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Elgato already dominates the hardware market for creators using powerful desktop PCs, and now it's turning its attention to creators on the go with its first wireless microphone. The $99.99 Wave Go clips onto your clothes like DJI's Mic Mini with hands-free recording for vlogging and content creation.

The Wave Go is small, about the size of an AirPod, so it disappears into the camera and weighs just seven grams. Despite its small size, the Elgato promises "broadcast-quality" sound with a capacitor capsule that supports EQ, auto-gain and noise cancellation.

The Wave Go clips onto clothing with a clip and magnetic plate, and a button lets you turn the mic on or mute. You can also double press the button to launch the camera app on your phone.

The Wave Go can be placed on top of the Elgato smart handle to become a full-sized interview microphone. Image: Elgato

Elgato has also built a smart handle for the WaveGo, a portable accessory that turns it into a full-sized interview microphone. The Wave Go simply sits on top of the Smart Handle, which features an on/off and mute button with LED indicators for power on, mute, and pairing status. The handle also doubles as a charger for the Wave Go, adding five more charges, giving you a total of 48 hours at around eight hours per charge. You can also fast charge in 10 minutes to get about an hour of recording time.

The USB-C receiver is built for phones, so it works with iPhones, Android devices, and iPads. It connects to the microphone via a 2.4GHz wireless signal, so there's no Bluetooth here, and the latency is around 24ms or less. The Smart Handle, microphone, and USB-C receiver can all be secured inside the included case, but it doesn't have an integrated battery case, so the Smart Handle is the primary way to charge on the go.

The Wave Go has a carrying case that houses the microphone, USB-C receiver and smart handle. Image: Elgato

Elgato has also created a Wave Go mobile app that lets you control live sound levels, enable noise reduction, change auto level and check battery status. You can even use the Wave Go on a desktop computer with Elgato's Wave Link 3.0 software, simply by plugging the receiver into a USB-C port.

The Wave Go is available today for $99.99 (€99.99 / £99.99), and if you want to record a second voice, a second microphone transmitter is available for $29.99.

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