What actually is dom0:mic?

I admit I have no idea. I’ve done tons of tests to identify it, but to no avail.

This is all I can get:

[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-device mic info dom0:mic
Microphone: build-in microphone
device ID: dom0:mic::m000000

.. while my laptop’s specs claims “HD Camera with temporal noise reduction and integrated dual array-digital microphones”…

… but no matter what I do, I can’t seem to find it as input device anywhere: in dom0, sys-audio, qube to which is attached to. Not in arecord -l / pipewire sources, not as webcam’s usb audio interface, nada. Nada!

The only way I am able to record my voice is through 3.5mm jack when I connect headset with a mic. But that one is handled by sys-audio and specific Intel HDA.

Does it work in any other OS? I don’t know. My machines are never touched by other OSes (I lied there - one of my old machines had to be touched by Fedora Live to check IOMMU groups, but that was it).

So, I am looking for a user that has internal microphone dom0:mic that works to teach me what I am missing. Thanks in advance.

Qubes r4.3.1