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What are the three tiny circles above the screen?

On the MacBook Air 2019, above the screen there are three tiny circles that I am able to see when I shine a flashlight at it.

What are these circles?



I believe the first one is the camera.



I think the second one is the camera-is-on indicator light. Can you confirm this? And does this circle do anything else, like some kind of combined function - or is it just a simple LED light?



The third one, I don't know what the third one is.

Posted on Jan 5, 2020 9:39 AM

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Posted on Jan 5, 2020 1:41 PM

It's the ambient light sensor -- cover it and you will notice the screen dim and keyboard brighten.

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What are the three tiny circles above the screen?

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