# dualsense-bridge: reconstructing DualSense Bluetooth microphone access

> dualsense-bridge recovers microphone audio carried inside DualSense Bluetooth HID reports and exposes it as a macOS audio input. Its research note documents the extended-report switch and microphone-enable output report; the application also maps controller input to desktop controls.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/tomarai85/dualsense-bridge>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/tomarai85/dualsense-bridge/blob/9472c8aebcba7c21b0e3a87c2423593c80f66b98/docs/MIC-RESEARCH.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dualsense-bridge-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dualsense-bridge-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dualsense-bridge-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Bluetooth-paired DualSense and macOS; the author tested Apple Silicon on Tahoe 26.x.
- **Prerequisites:** hidapi and the documented Python dependencies; Accessibility permission for desktop input.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/tomarai85/dualsense-bridge/blob/9472c8aebcba7c21b0e3a87c2423593c80f66b98/docs/MIC-RESEARCH.md>
2. <https://github.com/tomarai85/dualsense-bridge/blob/9472c8aebcba7c21b0e3a87c2423593c80f66b98/README.md>

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