How to know which apps are using your camera or microphone
Privacy and transparency regarding the use of the camera and microphone by certain applications is a major concern for Samsung. To improve the user privacy protection experience, Samsung has included several enhancements.
The green sign on the notification panel is a tool that displays when an application is accessing the device's camera or microphone in real-time.
If you tap on the green sign, you can see which applications are using these functions.
How to check apps that are using your camera or microphone
Step 1.The green sign at the top right, shows whether the microphone, camera, or both are in use.
Step 2.Try to open the Camera app and keep watching the top right of your screen.
Step 3. Open the notification bar and tap on the green sign.
Step 4. Now you can easily see which application is using the camera or microphone.
Check and modify camera and microphone access permissions.
You can check your camera and microphone status and change them as needed.
If you want to check the permission list, please follow the next steps.
Please, follow the next steps.
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