Frequently Asked Questions

MicGuard intercepts requests to your audio devices at the kernel level. It acts as an absolute hardware firewall—monitoring all incoming requests from applications in real-time, allowing you to establish a secure whitelist, and instantly blocking any unauthorized access attempts, visible or hidden.

No. With a single tap, you can toggle the system-wide microphone block. When you expect a call on WhatsApp, Discord, or Phone, you simply unblock the mic from the active notification or Quick Settings tile, and the call passes through uninterrupted. When you hang up, you lock it back down.

Absolutely not. MicGuard evaluates the connection stream metadata, not the audio content itself. It operates entirely offline internally to your machine's hardware layer. No audio is ever recorded or uploaded.

MicGuard currently requires Android 10 (API 29) or newer. It is fully compatible up to the latest Android 15 release.

MicGuard is rigorously optimized using battery-smart adaptive polling and modern Android Foreground Services. Its tracking interval slows down when your screen is off to ensure near-zero battery cost while maintaining constant security.