How to get one of iOS's best new privacy features on Android
Apple's latest iOS update may have taken plenty of inspiration from Android — to put it mildly — but iPhone owners will soon enjoy one important feature that isn't anywhere to be found here in the land o' Googley devices. And it's connected to a subject that's increasingly near and dear to many of our hearts: privacy.
The iOS 14 beta includes a new system that shows a visual alert anytime an app is using a device's microphone or camera, even in the background. It's a smart bit of added privacy protection, especially since traditionally — on iOS as well as on Android — once you've granted an app access to those parts of your phone, the app is technically able to tap into 'em anytime, with or without notifying you that it's doing it.