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Android doesn't give access to always-on microphone, right?
by lighthazard 9y ago
Android doesn't give access to always-on microphone, right?
- pcnix 9y agoNo, and the battery usage should make it very obvious if the microphone is always on.
- cptskippy 9y agoOne day someone is going to write some Android malware that does system level power optimization to cover it's tracks. The only means of detecting it will be to observe abnormal battery life on your Android phone. People will start freaking out when their phones start lasting all day. It will be madness.
- dingo_bat 9y agoAlso on many phones turning on the mic would prevent any sound to the speakers. So users will immediately notice something is wrong.
- Tarean 9y agoIf the user has given permission for `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO` then it should be possible to use a MediaRecorder in a background service? My first impression was that an always on microphone would murder battery life. Only recording when there is sufficient noise level and batching recordings before uploading might work, though. Plus keyword extractions sounds a lot easier than full speech recognition. A sleeping app I tried before could record background noise to check for snoring and that only added a couple percent of battery usage. Also, facebook messenger murders battery either way.
- mogui 9y agoneither the iphone. This article is bullshit