The green and orange dot that appears on the iPhone screen when opening certain apps has a very important function for privacy.If you are wondering what is that dot that appears every now and then in the upper right corner of the iPhone screen , know that it is a kind of notification that alerts you if an active app is using the microphone or the camera.
Many users who have updated the software on the iPhone, have noticed an orange or green dot placed at the top right of the screen. Not being clickable, its function is not immediately understandable. It is nothing more than a LED notification that alerts you when the mobile phone camera or microphone is activated .
iPhone: What does the green or orange dot mean
The colored dot that appears in the upper right corner of the iPhone screen is a notification that alerts you if the application you have opened is using the microphone or the camera.
Here is the meaning of the color of the dot:
- green dot : active camera
- orange dot: microphone active
The purpose of this function is to make the moment when a software accesses the two fundamental hardware components, camera and microphone, clear and limpid. In this way the user can know if an “illegal” or in any case unnecessary use of the front camera and audio from the microphone is made. Therefore, even if the developers of some app do not declare it openly, your iPhone will notify you through the LED.
If you are not sure which “dot” we are talking about, try to enter Instagram and open the app’s camera: you will immediately notice a green dot on the top corner of your iphone screen. Similarly, if you try to record an audio in a WhatsApp chat, you will see an orange dot, as the image below demonstrates:
