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.
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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).
The problem is it appears in all apps not just Firefox.
Makes it sound like it’s part of your keyboard app
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)
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.
Have you rebooted the phone recently?