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Re: Why does google maps need to be able to record audio on my tablet?

treebles May 6, 2012 7:31 AM
Posted in group: Google Maps

Categories: Issues and Troubleshooting : Maps : Mobile - Android : Chrome :

Sorry, I do not understand what you mean.
If you speak your search query then your voice is recorded on the phone and sent as an audio clip to Google servers for Speech-to Text processing and the search is performed returning search results.
I am pretty sure that is the need to record audio for, I doubt Maps would record any other audio on your phone, just the spoken queries.