Audio-only mode still shows video icon in Chrome.

[stewartmacgregor]

Audio-only mode still shows video icon in Chrome.

[markandrus]

Hi @macgregordennis,

This is not something we can fix in twilio-video.js. Unfortunately, this is the behavior of Chrome itself. For example, try out this JSFiddle I wrote using native APIs only. We request audio only, and yet the webcam icon appears (and remains even after we stop the MediaStreamTrack).

It's unfortunate that Chrome chose a webcam icon in this case instead of a microphone. If you hover over the icon you will see it does only indicate microphone permissions:

As for the icon remaining, there is an outstanding Chrome bug, 617431: "This page is accessing your microphone" still present after removing all microphone access in settings, that I've updated seeking to clarify whether this behavior is related.

Best,
Mark

[stewartmacgregor]

Hi @markandrus,

That's unfortunate. It looks like a fix for this is waiting on Chrome itself. Thanks for the update and clarification!

Best,
Stewart

[markandrus]

Hi @macgregordennis,

Just wanted to followup. [email protected] clarifies the icon is working as intended:

The camera icon in the omnibar indicates that permissions has been given to the page, that's it.

The red recording indicator in the tab is present as long as a MediaStream is alive.

Unfortunately, we can't do much more here, so I'll close this ticket out.

Best,
Mark

[stewartmacgregor]

Hi @markandrus,

To make sure I fully understand, is jansson saying that a camera icon is used even if only microphone permissions have been given to the page? If this is the case, I will follow up with him for further discussion.

Best,
Stewart

[markandrus]

@macgregordennis Yes, that's what I understood from the thread.

Thanks,
Mark