Theorange dotbasically meansan application is currently using your microphone.
Since iOS 14, Apple released this security feature to indicate when your microphone is recording you.
Should You Be Worried?
This is a security feature, and there is no reason you should be worried about it. While your microphone is being accessed by an application, there is probably no one listening in on you.
There are a ton of applications that require microphone permission like Phone,Voice Memos, Messenger,WhatsApp, Siri, etc. When such apps are open, you will see the orange dot appear.
The orange dot may also stay for a while if an app accessing your microphone is running in the background.
If you’re suspicious about what is using your microphone, you may also easily check it out.
Additionally,you may’t disable this security feature. Even if you could, it would simply mean you wouldn’t know when an app is using your microphone.
How to Remove the Orange Dot?
While you may’t disable this feature, you can remove the orange dot from your status bar. All you need to do is ensure no application is using your microphone.
you may start by removing all the apps that are running in your background. If that doesn’t help, try removing microphone permission from the app that is using it.
If the orange dot still appears even after disabling the microphone for all apps, it might be a temporary software issue.
In such cases, try forcerestarting your deviceto fix it. Here’s how you may do so on different iPhone models.
For iPhone 8 and Newer
For iPhone 7 and older
