The iPhone comes with a number of different applications that can help with many things you want to do. Most iPhone models have different colored signals to alert the user when an application is in use.
Some of the alerts come as push alerts with sounds and others are much more discreet. The green and yellow-orange dots in the upper right corner of an iPhone are almost imperceptible and if you do not look close enough, you may not even see them!
What is the green dot on an iPhone?
All the flashing dots on the iPhone are designed to help the user understand when certain applications are being used on their phone. The green dot on the front of the iPhone indicates that the camera is in use. If you open the camera application, the green dot will light up to indicate that the camera is ready to run.
Other platforms that will enable the green dot include Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok, where you can take photos directly in the applications instead of going through the camera open step.
What does the yellow dot mean?
Sometimes iPhone users will see a yellow or orange dot appear on their screen while using their device. The yellow and orange alert dots are different from the green indicator, although they serve similar purposes.
The yellow and orange dots alert the user when their microphone is in use. Although it may not light up when you use the camera, it is very likely to flash when a recording application is ready for use.
The microphone app, Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram are all triggers for the yellow alert that appears on the top and front of the iPhone.