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Suddenly seeing the time (upper left) turn into an orange microphone on the left - NOT an orange dot on the right (that's also there) - sometimes the time has an orange background before it goes back to normal. What is this?
(Pay no attention to the actual time - it took me a few tries to screenshot the microphone and orange background because they flash so quickly.)
iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 15
If you see time in the orange, it means your on a call and that's the duration of the call. If there is not time, just a microphone, it means an app is using the microphone but is not necessarily a call.
If you see time in the orange, it means your on a call and that's the duration of the call. If there is not time, just a microphone, it means an app is using the microphone but is not necessarily a call.
Thanks for the reply. Your thoughts make sense but this occurs while in apps, not in a call, and also has happened while I'm just flipping through the home screens and there is no app open. I haven't checked during a call. Full disclosure: I haven't seen it happen yet today.
If there is an app running in background it will put a colored background behind the time. If you tap on the time it will go to that app; an easy way to find out which app it is.
Thanks for that elaboration!
It took me a while to catch it - it's just a quick flash. But I did get it to open Safari once. So maybe that's the culprit. Thank you!
New status bar behavior
