Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking

Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to ...

Researchers discover some audio devices can be remotely hacked to track location

Google's working on a fix for its Find Hub tech.
WESH

Google says its hidden microphone in home security device wasn't meant to be a secret

It appears no one realized Google's Nest Guard home security device has a built-in microphone.In a blog post earlier this month, the company announced Google Assistant would roll out to Nest Guard so ...
EDN

MEMS device aims to replace microphone arrays

A bio-inspired directional MEMS microphone claims to have isolated a speaker’s voice while eliminating sonic clutter to provide a pristine audio output for laptops, webcams, smart speakers, TVs, ...
Business Insider

How to turn off the microphone in your Nest devices in 3 easy steps

Google's Nest devices come with microphones that are enabled when you activate Google Assistant. Google says the microphone in Nest devices is turned off by default, and you have to enable Google ...

Microphone not working in VMware Workstation

If microphone is not working in VMware Workstation VM, reinstall/Update VMware Tools in the Guest OS, change the Virtual Machine's Audio Settings, etc.