Have u tried "Privacy Indicators" ? It's free and open source. I don't know much about, but found it on alternativeto.net
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There's Safe Dot that also notify if an app is using location and camera, besides microphone. It's available on F-droid and Play Store.
I see you already got an answer, but one thing I do is disable the microphone and camera on my pixel.
I keep them in the notification drawer because I just don't trust keeping them on, but obviously I have to trust the OS is don't that properly.
i might do that too, but turning them on and off constantly would be such a bother. Also it would be annoying to forget microphone when someone calls or you call to someone. I wish i could just install grapheneos or something, but fairphone doesnt seem to be supported for it and at this point i wouldnt want to risk losing my data if something breaks.
Maybe check out CalyxOS? It’s pitched as being Fairphone compatible.
The pixel is a secondary device I got for a job but they let me keep, so it's not a bother for me.
It does prompt you to unmute but it's very easy to forget to turn it back on.
It's not a good solution, but I like that it's an option
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