Zoom Fixes Mac Bug That Left Microphones On After Calls Ended

pcmag.com:

Zoom says it's fixed a bug that appeared to leave a Mac's microphone on after calls ended.

This isn't the first time Zoom has said it's fix that flaw, however, with The Register noting that a Dec. 27 update to the company's native macOS app incorrectly claimed to have "resolved an issue regarding the microphone light indicator being triggered when not in a meeting."

But macOS Monterey users continued to report that Apple's microphone activity indicators—a green dot for when the mic is currently being used and an orange dot for when it was used recently—continued to appear in their system's menu bar after a Zoom call had wrapped up.

Zoom told The Register that it was "looking into this" on Feb. 10. 9to5Mac later found an official acknowledgement about this problem (as well as the latest claim that it's been fixed in an update to the Mac app) posted to Zoom's community forums on the morning of Feb. 11.

"We experienced a bug relating to the Zoom client for macOS, which could show the orange indicator light continue to appear after having left a meeting, call, or webinar," a Zoom community champion known as "Bitcoin_Shaman" says. "This bug was addressed in the Zoom client for macOS version 5.9.3 and we recommend you update to version 5.9.3 to apply the fix."

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