Android bug causing phones to falsely report microphone access, says WhatsApp

  • Google and WhatsApp are aware of a bug that makes it seem as if WhatsApp is accessing phones’ microphones unnecessarily on some Android devices.
  • The issue first appeared a month ago, but gained more attention after a Twitter engineer tweeted about it and was retweeted by Elon Musk.

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