Your laptop’s microphone might sound better than you think. Hear how six laptops handle a voice call in Times Square using only their built-in microphones.

Skype has a dedicated sound test tool via which you can check to see whether both your microphone and speakers are working as they should. The tool works by having you call an automated computer ...

Windows 8.1 enables you to test and correct problems with the microphone using the troubleshooter, but you can also record test clips through Sound Recorder to check the quality. Using Troubleshooting ...

Dolby's new PC Entertainment Experience 4, or PPEv4, pushes the capacity of one of the weakest sound players on the planet: the laptop. Built into the new line of , PPEv4 sounded great and didn’t ...