While severely limited, there are some ways to manage microphone settings on Android. You can tap the Mute button during a call. You can also revoke microphone permissions to specific apps. A ...

Here's one way to let users know that the gadget you sold them includes a microphone that you forgot to tell them about: You can announce an over-the-air software ...

Google copped to making a mistake Thursday by not disclosing a microphone component present in its Nest Guard devices, an enhancement to the Nest Secure suite. No Reports of Actual Consumers Bothered ...

Google's Nest Secure home security device is meant to do what its name suggests: make homes safer. But, in a completely unsurprising turn, the device is now sparking privacy concerns. The tech giant ...

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Update, February 4, 2019 (04:02 PM ET): We received a statement from Google regarding the implication that the Nest Secure alarm system has had an unlisted microphone this whole time. It turns out ...

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It appears no one realized Google’s Nest Guard home security device has a built-in microphone. In a blog post earlier this month, the company announced Google Assistant would roll out to Nest Guard so ...

Google says that a failure to make users aware of a microphone in Nest Guard was nothing more than a mistake -- but the oversight is enough to make us increasingly paranoid about our smart home and ...