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What is the yellow microphone on the control panel?

What does the yellow microphone on the control panel mean?

iPhone XR, iOS 15

Posted on Mar 6, 2022 6:44 PM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2022 7:31 PM

tonipugs14 Said:

"Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. Thank you for your quick, helpful response."

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Microphone is in Use:

Reportedly, it shows when an application is accessing a camera or microphone. See this image: yellow_dot-near-macos-control-point-icon.jpg

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Mar 6, 2022 7:12 PM in response to tonipugs14

tonipugs14 Said:

"What does the yellow microphone on the control panel mean?"

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What "control panel"?:

The Control Panel is part of MS Windows ---not iOS.


A Screenshot would Help:

Please provide a screenshot, blocking out personal info (i.e. names, phone numbers, time, etc) by creating rectangle over such info.. See Here: Take a Screenshot on your iPhone - Apple Support

What is the yellow microphone on the control panel?

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