Wii Mysterious Audio in

[Zigator]

What is this mysterious audio in these people at Engadget.com talking about? Could it be a Mic? Could it be VOIP?

http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/24/wiimote-to-have-mic-voip-support/

 

[dakuda]

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[FoxRox]

From what I remember, it isn't a microphone. Or even if it is able to sense audio, it would not be sophisticated enough to be used as a microphone.

 

[Skippy]

And a microphone on the remote would NOT be an ideal location!

 

[TheCosmicFrog]

They were talking about it a year and a half ago, going by the date on that article.
I am pretty sure it has been verified that there is a microphone in the remote. There is no use for it yet, though.

I made on article on this on WiiLoaded. I even contacted Nintendo about it for my research. I concluded that there is an Audio Translation chip in the remote but no input device i.e. Microphone.

 

[Bigjake52]

well thy are going to make some plug that has the same port as the ds head phones

 

[Skippy]

They could just enable the use of any bluetooth headset (just like the PS3 does).