Why your iPhone show a Green, Orange, and Red dot in the status bar

A new feature on the devices running on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14

Umar Usman
Mac O’Clock

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If you recently updated your iPhone or iPad on Apple’s latest software iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. You probably have seen two new dots appearing on the status bar of your device. A green dot and an orange dot. Both the dots appear above the carrier signals in the status bar of your iPhone and iPad. If you are wondering why these two dots appear on your device then this article is for you. These dots usually appear when you open an application and sometimes appear on the homescreen. This is a very helpful feature if you are really concerned about privacy issues.

Source: Apple

Green Dot in the Status bar

A green indicator means either the camera or the camera and the microphone are being used by an app on your iPhone. If you open the camera app or open any app that uses the camera of your iPhone and iPad then a green dot appears in place in your status bar above the carrier signals.

This dot helps the user to see when their device camera is in ON state. In the past, many reports blamed smartphone applications use device cameras for spying without user knowledge. Because of this privacy issue, Apple released this new feature on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 software…

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Umar Usman
Mac O’Clock

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