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2023-06-13 14:18:45Z (last updated 2024-12-14 12:37:23Z)
I have Android 12 on my phone. It came with some new features:
Now, here's my opinion: it sucks... because it's kind of unusable
Now you might be wondering:
"Isn't that a good privacy feature?"
Which I would say "yes" if it wasn't for it being pretty annoying to re-enable the microphone when you need it.
The most annoying part is when I send a voice message, instead of sending a voice message, I send complete silence. And so I have to swipe to open the quick settings (1-2 swipes), then swipe to the page where it has the microphone access setting (2 swipes), enable it (1 tap), close the quick settings (1-2 swipes), then try to remember what I was just about to say and re-record the voice message, then delete the empty voice message.
That was a lot of words. Here's the list of events that follow after I realized my recording is messed up:
1. Realized something is wrong (silence instead of voice)
2. Swipe to open the quick settings (1-2 swipes)
3. Swipe to the page where it has the microphone access setting (2 swipes)
4. Enable it (1 tap)
5. Close quick settings (1-2 swipes)
6. Try to remember what I said and say it again
Those steps, when done, take up time. The time lost is quite valuable, since during that time, I might forget what I said, so in the end I might end up forgetting what to say.
There is a dialog that shows up if you're trying to use the camera/microphone but it's blocked. However, that sucks too:
And that's about all I have about this.