What do the green and orange dots on the iPhone screen mean?

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Surely you have ever wondered if you are an iPhone user. On certain occasions, without really knowing why, the phone displays small colored dots at the top of the iPhone screen. Most iPhone users do not know the meaning of these dots, either green or orange.

IPhones with an iOS14 or later operating system sometimes show a green or orange dot at the top of the screen

The answer to this mystery can of course be found on Apple’s support page. That is where they explain that these points appear only in iOS versions 14 and later, and that their function is to know when the phone’s microphone or camera is being used by an app. If you don’t like the idea, you can limit which apps have access to your camera and microphone.

IPhone color dots

Here we explain what each of these points mean so that, at last, you can get rid of doubts when you see them appear on the screen of your iPhone.

-Orange dot: The appearance of the orange dot on the screen alerts you that an app is using your iPhone’s microphone. It is common for it to appear, for example, when you are sending a voice note on WhatsApp. Also in the moments after you close the mobile camera or when you use an app that, for whatever reason, is mainly based on voice.

-Green Point: This point tells the user when an app installed on the iPhone is using the phone’s camera. For this reason, this is the point you see when you open the camera to take a photo for Instagram or any other social network. Also when making a video call you will see this green dot appear on your phone.

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