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What is the speaker icon

There is a blue microphone in the upper left hand corner. What does it mean?

Posted on Jan 30, 2022 11:15 AM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2022 11:19 AM

The blue mic icon means that you activated VoiceControl and/or VoiceOver.

Both options are in Settings>Accessibility. Turn them off.

When done, restart your iPhone

Regards

Giulio

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What is the speaker icon

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