Bug 92493 - gnome-shell: connecting to a phone through bluetooth shows microphone slider
Summary: gnome-shell: connecting to a phone through bluetooth shows microphone slider
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: PulseAudio
Classification: Unclassified
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: medium normal
Assignee: pulseaudio-bugs
QA Contact: pulseaudio-bugs
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Reported: 2015-10-16 10:38 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2018-07-30 09:35 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Allan Day 2015-10-16 10:38:29 UTC
GNOME 3.16/Fedora 22: when I connect to my phone via Bluetooth, a microphone slider is shown in the system menu. This is a little disturbing: I've never used my phone as a microphone for my computer. I don't know why I'd ever use my phone as a microphone. It feels like the microphone is in use without my consent, and I'm being listened to.

I've been told that this issue is due to PulseAudio using the headset profile for phones by default, hence I'm filing the bug here.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2015-10-16 10:42:31 UTC
(In reply to Allan Day from comment #0)
> GNOME 3.16/Fedora 22: when I connect to my phone via Bluetooth, a microphone
> slider is shown in the system menu. This is a little disturbing: I've never
> used my phone as a microphone for my computer. I don't know why I'd ever use
> my phone as a microphone.

To use it as a headset for voice chat applications for example.

> It feels like the microphone is in use without my
> consent, and I'm being listened to.
> 
> I've been told that this issue is due to PulseAudio using the headset
> profile for phones by default, hence I'm filing the bug here.

We should default to the A2DP profile for phones, and switch to the headset profile when an application wants to use the microphone instead.
Comment 2 GitLab Migration User 2018-07-30 09:35:02 UTC
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