I'd like to find out: Can backgrounded apps record audio? In the past as I recall, I found that backgrounded apps were pretty restricted and couldn't do much of anything. However I'm not familiar with the current state of affairs. With iOS 15.8 and above, can backgrounded apps record audio if they've been given permission by the user to access the microphone? Thanks.
An app must be in the foreground to start recording. If the app has specified the "audio" background mode in its info.plist configuration, it can then continue recording when it moves into the background.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/AVFoundation/configuring-your-app-for-media-playback
