You must have noticed that when you make a voice or video call to someone, green and orange lights appear on the iPhone. If you have an iPhone launched in recent years, then you will see a dot near the dynamic island, in which sometimes green and sometimes orange light burns. Have you wondered why this orange and green dot lights up and what does it indicate? Today we have brought answers to these questions.

What do green and orange dots mean?

If the green dot is lit on the iPhone, it means that the camera is in use. Similarly, the orange dot means that the microphone is now being used. These lights do not come on due to any bug but they have been intentionally added as an alert. With the help of these dots, the user comes to know whether any app is accessing his microphone or camera in the background without permission.

How to locate the app?

If you are not using the camera or microphone and still a green or orange dot is visible on the iPhone, then this can also be easily detected. As soon as you see an orange or green dot, go to the Control Center of the iPhone. Here you will see which app is accessing the microphone or camera. If you are not using that app then it could be suspicious activity and close that app immediately. Due to the alerts received with the help of these dots, you can detect malware or suspicious apps.

Can these alerts be turned off?

The green and orange dots on the iPhone are permanent and cannot be turned off. However, you can set the required permissions. For this, go to Settings and go to Privacy and Security. Here you will see the option of camera and microphone. By tapping on this, you can set which apps can access the iPhone’s camera and microphone.

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