Audio Share

Audio Share routes the sound output of a Windows or Linux computer to an Android phone, turning the handset into a receiver for the desktop's audio. The setup involves two halves: a server component running on the computer that captures its output, and the Android application that connects over the network and plays the incoming stream. The practical result is that headphones plugged into the phone, or the phone's own speaker, act as an output device for the desktop.

This suits cases where the computer's audio hardware is inconvenient or unavailable, such as a machine without working speakers, a desktop across the room, or a situation where wired headphones are easier to attach to a phone than to a tower.

The Android side is listed here and is licensed under Apache-2.0. Because operation depends on a network connection between the two devices, latency and stability follow the quality of that link.