Music-recognizing app Shazam retains access to the Mac's microphone, keeping it in a constant on state, even when Shazam has been turned off. The potentially worrisome feature was discovered by ...

When an AirPods microphone stops working, your voice may be silent, muffled, or static on calls/recordings. In most cases, the problem is one of these: ...

You might notice in iOS 14 that the microphone indicator light is present even when you've muted yourself in an app. Apple says you shouldn't be concerned, as the indicator may remain active because ...

When you are temporarily away from your desk to get things done during a video conference or voice chat, you may want to mute the microphone to prevent extra voice from reaching the other party.

That's not the only dodgy snooping attempt it'll reveal either WORRIED that an app is secretly listening to you through your microphone? Chances are that you’re probably not being spied on – but there ...

Back in December we saw Apple approved an app called Quick Snap that allowed users to take pictures with the iPhone using the volume buttons instead of the regular camera icon on screen. As you know, ...

There's a special scanner that you can set up so you iPhone will show you a list of every time any app tunes into your microphone. Of course your iPhone will show an orange dot at the top of the ...