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# Open-Source Android Mirroring App Scrcpy 2.0 Adds Audio Support
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/scrcpy-2-0-release/
- Published: 2023-03-13T10:04:59.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-13T10:04:59.000Z
- Description: You can finally record your Android devices in real-time with audio forwarded to your computer with the new upgrade to scrcpy.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Application Releases, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

Scrcpy is a cross-platform **open-source mirroring application for Android devices** that connects over USB or TCP/IP, for controlling the connected devices via keyboard or mouse.

The best part of using this application is that; it **doesn't need root access** on Android devices and **doesn't show ads** or collect your data 😄

🗒️

Scrcpy is short for 'screen copy'.

Recently, its lead developer [Romain Vimont](https://github.com/rom1v?ref=itsfoss.com) announced the release of Scrcpy 2.0 with a few new additions.

Let's take a look at it.

## 🆕 Scrcpy 2.0: What's New?

![screenshot of Scrcpy 2.0 running on Ubuntu 22.04](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/03/Scrcpy_2.0.jpg)

A screenshot of Scrcpy 2.0 running on Ubuntu.

The major highlight of this release is the introduction of **real-time audio forwarding on Android 11+ devices**.

**What is it?:** This is a new addition to Scrcpy that allows the streaming and recording of audio from the connected Android device to the host computer without any noticeable lag.

It has been the **most requested feature** since the first version of Scrcpy released five years ago, and now it's here.

The lead developer experimented a lot, initially by developing **'**[**USBaudio**](https://blog.rom1v.com/2019/06/introducing-usbaudio/?ref=itsfoss.com)**'** as a solution, but it performed pretty poorly. 

Then he moved on to a new prototype called **'**[**sndcpy**](https://github.com/rom1v/sndcpy?ref=itsfoss.com)**',** an API to capture audio from an Android app in Android 10\. Sadly, that **had some unavoidable issues** that caused it to run poorly.

Luckily, back in January a Scrcpy user, '[yume-chan](https://github.com/yume-chan?ref=itsfoss.com)' provided Romain with **a proof-of-concept to capture device audio using shell permissions** on Android with a functional workaround for Android 11.

Since then, Romain has been busy integrating the new functionality into Scrcpy.

**How does it work?:** It uses Android's low-latency friendly API called '[AudioRecord](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioRecord?ref=itsfoss.com)' to record the audio, the '[MediaCodec](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodec?ref=itsfoss.com)' API to encode the captured audio, and a new 'Audio Player component' to feed the audio output with very little latency.

Furthermore, the audio and video streams are demuxed into packets by a '**demuxer**'.

Romain also shared a **helpful client architecture flow-chart** that depicts how the video and audio streams are handled on Scrcpy 2.0 if you are interested in the technical bits 🤓

![scrcpy 2.0 client architecture](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/03/Scrcpy_2.0_Client_Arch.jpg)

**What devices are supported?** 📱

On Android 12 and newer, the audio-forwarding feature **works out of the box**. But, for Android 11, you must **unlock your screen** when starting Scrcpy for successful audio capture.

Whereas, for Android 10 or earlier, **audio cannot be captured** at all.

Besides that, Scrcpy now has **support for encoding in H.265 and AV1**, provided your device supports it.

If you want to know more about how the new audio-forwarding feature works on Scrcpy, you may check the official announcement [blog post](https://blog.rom1v.com/2023/03/scrcpy-2-0-with-audio/?ref=itsfoss.com).

## 📥 Download Scrcpy 2.0

Packages have been made available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. You can get them from its [GitHub page](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy?ref=itsfoss.com).

[Scrcpy (GitHub)](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy?ref=itsfoss.com)

For installation instructions, refer to the instructions on GitHub to successfully set it up for your PC/mobile.