Indicator lights on iPhone home screen

What are the red and green dots that sometimes appear over the signal strength bars?

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Posted on Nov 3, 2020 3:23 PM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2020 3:24 PM

The red dot indicates an app is accessing your microphone. The green dot indicates an app is accessing your camera.

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Nov 3, 2020 3:24 PM in response to 1lawyer

The red dot indicates an app is accessing your microphone. The green dot indicates an app is accessing your camera.

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