Welcome back, in today’s video I’ll be showing you how to update your microphone
drivers on a Windows 11 PC or laptop.
This video should work for all types of microphones, including if they are wireless or part of
a headset.
It’s also important to mention that drivers should be automatically installed when you
plug in your device, so you won’t necessarily find a driver update to install but it’s
worth checking just in case.
If your microphone isn’t working on Windows 11, then I do have a separate video that will
cover many methods to fix microphones not working so click the card onscreen now for
that.
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let’s get into the methods.
We’ll start by using the automatic Windows tool to try and update our drivers.
To do this, first head to the device manager.
You can get there by searching for it in the search bar.
When the device manager opens, look for the section called audio inputs and outputs and
double click on it to expand it, it should be near the top.
In here, look for the microphone you want to update the drivers for.
If you don’t see it on the list, make sure it is connected and working on your PC.
If you see it, double click on its name to bring up the properties window.
Now go to the driver tab, which should be the second option.
In here, find where it says update driver and click on that.
Now choose the automatic option, which should be the top option of the two available.
If there are any drivers that Windows finds, it should install them automatically.
However, it might say that the best drivers are up to date.
If you want, you can click on search for updated drivers on a Windows update.
As well updating these drivers, we also need to try updating the driver software for other
items in the list.
Go back to the device manager and look for sound, video and game controllers and expand
it.
Within this section, you may see your microphone again.
There will also be things like Realtek HD audio.
You can update these drivers as well with the method we just covered, which was double
clicking on the name, then going to the driver tab, then by choosing update driver and then
the automatic option.
If you are unsure which items from the list to update the drivers for, you can try them
all.
Remember this method to update drivers in case you can get the driver file later.
In that case, you can use the manual method instead of the automatic method we have just
done to navigate to where the file is stored.
You shouldn’t have to worry about this though.
Once you have installed the driver, you may need to restart your PC.
We’ll now move on to another way to update device drivers.
You can do this method even if Windows couldn’t find any driver updates.
This method is to check on the website of the manufacturer.
This will be slightly different depending on the brand your microphone is.
Go to the official website of your microphone manufacturer and look for a downloads or drivers
page.
Alternatively, you could search on google for the microphone brand and then drivers.
Some brands will have a drivers page but just make sure you are on the official website
as I am not responsible if you download something from a fake source.
You should have the website, or information about where to get drivers on the box of your
microphone or headset or in the instruction manual.
On the drivers site for the brand of microphone you have, most should display or allow you
to search for your model number or series.
Search and find yours and then find where it allows you to download the driver.
Download the driver and once its finished open the file, it should be a setup file and
all you need to do is follow the steps to install it.
Once again, this method will vary depending on your microphone’s manufacturer.
And so that is how to update your microphone drivers on a Windows 11 PC or laptop.
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