It means that many users end up leaving the app running in the background even when not actively using it. Zoom was bedeviled by security issues early in 2020 after stay-at-home orders transformed the company’s videoconferencing service from a niche product into a cultural phenomenon.Īlmost overnight it became the go-to venue for business meetings, schools, social gatherings and, in a deadly global pandemic, funerals.Įven with some workers having returned to their offices, many people still use the tool as a videophone app. Zoom has confirmed that there was a bug in its macOS app that could cause the orange microphone-in-use indicator to appear even after leaving a call.Īccording to a company representative, the latest version of the app no longer has this problem.'At this point, it looks like it's safest to only run Zoom while on active calls and keep it quit otherwise.' With a new privacy feature introduced with macOS Monterey that shows an orange dot in the menu bar when an app is using the microphone, users were able to immediately notice that there was something wrong with the Zoom app.Īlthough the causes of the bug were unknown, the company has now fixed it, the report said. Since December last year, a number of users have been complaining about this bug in the Zoom Community.Īccording to them, Mac's microphone stayed active even after ending a Zoom conference - which certainly raised privacy concerns. SAN FRANCISO:Video conferencing app Zoom has released a new update to its macOS app following user reports about the microphone not being disabled after ending a conference.Īccording to the company, this was just a bug that has now been fixed, reports 9To5Mac.

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