Staying safe on Android isn’t about paranoia—it’s about habits. A recent ESET investigation shows how convincing fake chat ...

How to turn the microphone permission on or off for specific apps Thankfully, Android permissions make it easy to control what each application can and can’t access. Of course, this includes ...

Noticed a tiny green dot on your Android? It's not a glitch; it's telling you something important. Here's what it means and ...

Apple introduced a nifty feature in iOS 14 that displays indicators on your iPhone or iPad every time an app begins using your mic or camera. That lets you know if your device is recording you ...

Gemini version 1.0.795460806 is now rolling out on the Play Store, bringing the updated widget along with it. This app mainly ...

Pull up your Camera app, however, and you’ll see a big green icon appear in the upper-right corner of your device. Tap on your Google Assistant’s microphone icon, and you’ll see an orange ...

What Android doesn’t have is little indicators in the status bar when the camera and the microphone are actively being used, though you can add them through an excellent little freemium app ...

When Android’s Mic access toggle is set to “Blocked,” the sensor is disabled and no audio can be recorded unless you set it to “Available.” ...

Reports emerged last month about a bug that made it seem WhatsApp for Android was always using the microphone. Google today acknowledged the issue and a straightforward fix. In a tweet from the ...