Macbook Pro Light Just Came on in Gmail.com

2 points by hellbanner 9y ago ↗ HN

I tried to use google voice to make a call. When I clicked call and it connected, the green light came on for a half second or less.

Didn't happen on the next call.

What happened?

EDIT:

Reopened Safari and retried a call from gmail.com. Same thing happened. Sketchy.

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noobermin 9y ago ↗

Probing the hardware? May be a dumb attempt to gauge the camera and mic capabilities, might not necessarily be nefarious. Here's a hint, may be try clearing cookies/web cache and trying again and see if it does it again.

hellbanner 9y ago ↗

Hm, this is after Google "merged the google voice calling into hangouts", which does require camera capabilities.

It only happens on the first call too.

natch 9y ago ↗

Current network conditions and device hardware on the other end of the call supported video for the first call, but not for the second?

hellbanner 9y ago ↗

I don't think Google call does video, does it? It was the same number, which did support Facetime, hm.

Tested again with the phone on, green light still only flashes.