iPhone SE: Mic from Lightning to Bluetooth speaker?

Is it possible get sound from a microphone connected to iPhoneSE lightening contact via Bluetooth to an external loadspeaker?


(I have tested and can record sound through the microphone to the

iPhone Voice Memos. The iPhoneSE radio also functions via Bluetooth

to the loadspeaker. The iPhoneSE also shows it has found the

loadspeaker Bluetooth.) - But I can't get the sound from the

microphone through the iPhoneSE to the loadspeaker in real time. Is

it possible? Thanks!

iPhone SE (3rd generation)

Posted on Feb 3, 2026 2:41 PM

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Feb 4, 2026 5:13 AM in response to KFO49

KFO49 wrote:

Thanks for your feedback so soon! But that is the kind of wireless lavalier
microphone I am trying to use. (With a microphone transmitter and receiver plugged into my iPhones lightening contact.) The loadspeaker I have is a portable wireless speaker (Charge mini).
Having these bluetooth connections I thought this would be a handy way of
getting a simple and lightweight amplifying of some extra decibels, with super low latency, for singing and guitar. Professional cable-free equipment seems to cost a lot, and having traditional cables keeping you bound to even a small loadspeaker is inconvenient.
I wonder if I need to alter something in the iPhone's Settings, or if the App Store has some help for getting the iPhoneSE to send the sound directly from the microphone receiver via the Bluetooth to the wireless loadspeaker?

Sorry for this long explanation, but if it would work I think it could be of great use for loads of people. Thanks again!

Sorry, but I just don't have any experience with what you're trying to do. I've been on this forum daily for many years, and you're use case for this is the literally the first I've ever seen. You can reach out to Apple directly, but I suspect what you're looking to do isn't supported on iPhone.

Feb 4, 2026 2:36 PM in response to KFO49

When your wireless lav talks to a Bluetooth receiver and that receiver is paired to the iPhone, iOS treats that as a full Bluetooth audio device with a linked input and output. If you select the Bluetooth device as the input (mic), iOS also wants to use that same device as the output, by design. iOS does not support using a Bluetooth input profile and a different Bluetooth output profile (or a second Bluetooth speaker) at the same time.


So there’s no system-level way to say: “Use this Bluetooth lav/receiver as my mic and send that live audio out to a separate Bluetooth speaker” the way you might on a mixer.

Feb 4, 2026 1:17 AM in response to lobsterghost1

Thanks for your feedback so soon! But that is the kind of wireless lavalier

microphone I am trying to use. (With a microphone transmitter and receiver plugged into my iPhones lightening contact.) The loadspeaker I have is a portable wireless speaker (Charge mini).

Having these bluetooth connections I thought this would be a handy way of

getting a simple and lightweight amplifying of some extra decibels, with super low latency, for singing and guitar. Professional cable-free equipment seems to cost a lot, and having traditional cables keeping you bound to even a small loadspeaker is inconvenient.

I wonder if I need to alter something in the iPhone's Settings, or if the App Store has some help for getting the iPhoneSE to send the sound directly from the microphone receiver via the Bluetooth to the wireless loadspeaker?


Sorry for this long explanation, but if it would work I think it could be of great use for loads of people. Thanks again!

Feb 4, 2026 12:23 PM in response to Jeff Donald


Thanks for your engagement, even if it seems my idea won't work. Let it be latency through the iPhone will rise, and a mixer will be needed. I am really far from an expert on this.

What I find strange is that the sound from the microphone can be recorded to the iPhone Voice Memo, and also sound from the iPhone radio can be sent to the loadspeaker. So wouldn't it be possible in some way to alter something in the iPhone's Settings or install some app from the App Store, in order to make the iPhone accept passing on the sound from the microphone to the external loadspeaker?

Thanks again for your patience.

iPhone SE: Mic from Lightning to Bluetooth speaker?

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