Comment on Where did this mic come from and how to make it go away? [Android]
Danitos@reddthat.com 1 day ago
It looks like Firefox’s microphone icon, used to search something with voice (speech to text). It should only appear when writing a search query, so it’s a bug. Try updating, or using Fennec (Firefox fork).
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
The problem is it appears in all apps not just Firefox.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Makes it sound like it’s part of your keyboard app
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
I think it is… It is the icon that appears at the bottom when the keyboard is open I have discovered.
Pressing it there doesn’t work either.
FUTO (I don’t give them any money)
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
It’s likely for activating voice input, but you didn’t give the keyboard app permission to use the mic or something. Usually on keyboard apps there’s a key you long press to get to settings, and you might be able to get rid of it there.
Zikeji@programming.dev 1 day ago
Have you rebooted the phone recently?
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
No…
Danitos@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Try disabling Firefox, and see if it dissapears.