I didn't know this existed: Samsung Galaxy S24 owners have spotted the
phone's hidden microphone

Date:
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:32:44 +0000

Description:
Samsung Galaxy S24 owners have spotted a small, camera-specific microphone on Samsung's latest handsets.

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Todays best phones feature more external ports, notches and sensors than you can shake a stick at, so theres no shame in stumbling on an orifice (sorry)
in your device that you didnt know existed.

The best Samsung phones are covered in hard-to-spot openings, and one of the most well-hidden is a camera-specific microphone thats been a feature of
every Samsung Galaxy phone since the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus .

As explained in a recent post by X user @sondesix, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra features a small, defect-like notch tucked away on the right-hand side of its ultra-wide sensor. As above, this is actually an extra microphone, whose main function is to pick up and focus sound when the camera is
recording a zoom video. Galaxy S24 Ultra users, keep in mind that your phone has this extra microphone located on the right side of the ultra-wide camera lens.The main function is for audio zoom when recording a video.This is not new. All other Galaxy S Ultra phones have the same microphone located pic.twitter.com/sQ99wfdc4l February 14, 2024 See more

Both the Samsung Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus feature the same hidden microphone in the same location. On previous Galaxy devices, this microphone has been located at the bottom of (i.e. underneath) the ultra-wide sensor, which perhaps explains why many Galaxy users werent aware of its existence until now.

Wow, I didn't know this microphone existed until I read this post, one X user wrote . It's very hard to notice unless you really look for it.

Thanks for pointing that out, another said . I almost went to Samsung Center to check if that's a defect or not. Image 1 of 2 Here's how the microphone appears on the Galaxy S24 Plus (Image credit: Future / Axel Metz) Image 2 of
2 Here's how the microphone appears on the Galaxy S24 Plus (Image credit: Future / Axel Metz)

Interestingly, Samsung itself doesnt disclose the existence of this
microphone in any official Galaxy documents. In a recent Samsung Community post , one Galaxy S24 Ultra owner asked: Has anyone else noticed the small cutout notch on the rear camera ring on the S24 Ultra? I've searched online and some have said it's a microphone for the zoom mic. But according to Samsung, the S24 Ultra only has two mics; one at bottom, and one at the top.

In truth, this microphone behaves more like a sensor than a traditional microphone, so perhaps its functionality isnt significant enough to warrant inclusion on Samsungs official Galaxy spec sheets.

Indeed, in response to @sondesixs post, some X users asked whether using a case with their Galaxy S24 phone (i.e. one that sits flush around the lenses) affects the functionality of this tiny microphone, but the answer appears to be no. It does not affect the audio quality in any way. I checked and double checked, AKSCHD wrote . The iPhone 15 Pro features a similar camera-specific microphone (Image credit: Future / Lance Ulanoff)

Incidentally, these tiny, camera-specific microphones are not exclusive to Samsung devices. On the best iPhones , these zoom microphones appear as
small, cylindrical dots in the glass housing that surrounds the rear cameras. Its just that, on Samsung devices, theyre much, much harder to spot.

For more information on Samsung's latest flagship phones, check out our Samsung Galaxy S24 review , hands-on Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus review , and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra review . You might also like... Another great Galaxy S24 feature could come to Galaxy S23 phones soon Samsung shares surprise update on Galaxy Ring release date Samsung defends AI photo editing on Galaxy S24



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