A Zoom “community champion” posted news of the final fix on the same forum thread a few days ago. A true fix came in the latest Zoom update Image: KnowTechieīut now, the platform has released yet another update (5.9.3) and it looks like that one finally fixes the issue. But people kept reporting similar issues even after Zoom pushed this update. That update was supposed to fix the issue. READ MORE: New Zoom avatars replace your face with animals during meetingsĪs a result of these posts, Zoom released an update (5.9.1) on December 20, 2021. They even noticed that the microphone would stay in use when looking at the Control Center on their computers. Users began noticing that the orange microphone indicator used by the app would stay on after a call had ended. Mac users began posting about the bug on the Zoom community forums back in December 2021. Fortunately, Zoom has already implemented an update. Users recently found a bug in the program that continued to record from your Mac’s microphone, even when you are not in a call. 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.Mac owners who frequently use Zoom on their devices should make sure that they update the app to its latest version. 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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