As far as I can tell, it does nothing. I can push on it, I can try to pull from the left side or from the bottom or from the corner, but I can't get it to do anything. When I open a new app, it appears there in the corner.
It looks like Firefox's microphone icon, used to search something with voice (speech to text). It should only appear when writing a search query, so it's a bug. Try updating, or using Fennec (Firefox fork).
It's likely for activating voice input, but you didn't give the keyboard app permission to use the mic or something. Usually on keyboard apps there's a key you long press to get to settings, and you might be able to get rid of it there.
Looking around online it looks like it might be a bug with keyboard dictation. I didn’t find a way to fix it other than rebooting or maybe trying to toggle the setting on the keyboard.
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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 213d
Nobody is forcing you to watch Donald Sutherland films... oh wait, nevermind, misunderstood the post.
clankyrex@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 213d
my best guess would be to check the accessibility settings carefully? this seems like a shortcut enabled from there, what does it do?
I'm really not sure though if you haven't messed with them prior. sorry I don't know more
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 213d
As far as I can tell, it does nothing. I can push on it, I can try to pull from the left side or from the bottom or from the corner, but I can't get it to do anything. When I open a new app, it appears there in the corner.
Danitos@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 213d
It looks like Firefox's microphone icon, used to search something with voice (speech to text). It should only appear when writing a search query, so it's a bug. Try updating, or using Fennec (Firefox fork).
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 213d
The problem is it appears in all apps not just Firefox.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 213d
Makes it sound like it's part of your keyboard app
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 212d
I think it is... It is the icon that appears at the bottom when the keyboard is open I have discovered.
Pressing it there doesn't work either.
FUTO (I don't give them any money)
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 212d
It's likely for activating voice input, but you didn't give the keyboard app permission to use the mic or something. Usually on keyboard apps there's a key you long press to get to settings, and you might be able to get rid of it there.
Zikeji@programming.dev · 2 pts · 213d
Have you rebooted the phone recently?
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 212d
No...
Danitos@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 213d
Try disabling Firefox, and see if it dissapears.
Fondots@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 213d
Have you tried turning off and then on again?
Fixes way more things than it should.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 212d
It seems to have fixed it. Now the microphone is not even there with the keyboard
JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 213d
Looking around online it looks like it might be a bug with keyboard dictation. I didn’t find a way to fix it other than rebooting or maybe trying to toggle the setting on the keyboard.
Here’s a link to a thread that’s basically useless but the screen shot looks like it has the same mic icon https://r2.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-S/Mic-button-displays-on-the-bottom-left/td-p/17377304