UGREEN USB Microphone with 24-bit/96 kHz Audio, Cardioid Pickup and RGB

Cardioid pickup is designed to keep your voice at the centre of a recording, which can suit streaming, calls and podcasting from a desk. The UGREEN USB microphone also offers ENC noise reduction to reduce sounds such as keyboard clicks and room hum.

A top-mounted mute button makes it quick to cut the mic during a call, while the RGB lighting switches off when muted. That gives you a visible status cue as well as a way to change the look of your setup.

The stand has an adjustable angle, a gain knob and a 3.5 mm headphone jack for real-time monitoring. It is a desktop design rather than a mic worn on a headset, so placement and available desk space matter.

The essentials

This is a single-channel condenser microphone with a cardioid pattern and a stated recording rate of up to 24-bit/96 kHz. Its ENC noise reduction is intended to reduce background sounds, not to promise a silent room, keeping the mic positioned to focus on your voice still matters. The description lists PC, PS4/PS5, Mac and laptops among compatible devices, and says no additional drivers are required.

The controls are straightforward in concept: tap the top to mute, use the continuously adjustable knob for microphone volume and RGB effects, and connect headphones to monitor audio. The microphone has seven lighting effects, including monochrome options and a breathing effect. Its aluminium construction and 298-gram listed weight give a sense of the desktop unit, while the included component is listed as the microphone body.

Tips for day-to-day use

For a voice call or stream, set the mic on the desk, adjust its angle towards your speaking position and use the headphone jack to listen while making changes. The cardioid pattern focuses on sound from the front, so avoid treating the noise-reduction feature as a replacement for sensible positioning in a noisy room. The mute button and its lighting cue are useful when moving between speaking and listening during a session.

The underside of the stand has a standard 3/8 threaded connector for attaching a compatible boom arm. That offers a different setup from using the supplied stand, but the product information does not specify a boom arm as included. Buyers commonly describe setup and connectivity as easy, while feedback on sound quality is mixed. Reliability reports are also mixed, with some buyers saying theirs stopped working after six weeks, so experiences are not uniform.

Usage tips

Start with the desktop stand if you want a self-contained position for gaming, streaming or recording. Keep the gain adjustment modest enough for your voice and check the live headphone feed before a call or recording. For a desk where space or mic position is an issue, the threaded mount may be useful with a suitable arm, a headset microphone is a more natural fit if you need the mic attached to you while moving around.

Worth considering if you want a desktop USB mic with quick mute, monitoring and configurable RGB in one unit. Better avoided if you specifically need a wearable microphone rather than a stand-based setup.

Questions before you buy

Does it need a separate driver? The product description says it is plug and play and requires no additional drivers.

Can you listen to the microphone while recording? Yes. It has a 3.5 mm headphone jack for real-time monitoring.

Can it be mounted on a boom arm? The stand has a 3/8 threaded connector underneath for an arm, though an arm is not listed among the included components.

Buying verdict

This UGREEN is aimed at someone who wants more control than a basic built-in computer microphone, including a physical mute, adjustable gain and headphone monitoring. The desktop stand keeps the setup simple, while the mount thread gives another positioning option. Buyer feedback is not consistent on audio quality or reliability, so those reports are worth weighing alongside the listed features. Choose it for a desk-based streaming, recording or calling setup, a headset mic may suit better if you need to keep the microphone with you.