What’s more, there are features and tools available to help you check that apps that can access the device camera, microphone and location don’t abuse the privilege. Here’s what you need to ...

Look for the microphone or camera indicators in the status bar of your screen. If you see one of these icons, tap it to find out which app is using your microphone or camera.

There are several ways to check your app usage on an Android phone or tablet, all of which can be found in your Settings app.

Access Dots simply displays a dot in a chosen corner of your screen to let you know when another Android app engages your mic or camera.

If a background app uses either the camera or microphone, Android will show the notification to let you know that app is running but it will also display a camera and/or microphone icon to clearly ...

With its next major release of Android, Google will prevent apps from using your smartphone’s microphone or camera whenever they’re in the background and not actively being used on screen. The ...