What some of the icons on your iPhone really mean

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by Gene Hers

July 16, 2023 | 2:20 p.m

The more you know!

Some of the mysterious symbols that appear on your iPhone are now being revealed, and they have more meaning behind them than one might think.

If you’ve ever looked at your weather app and found a little white dot on the temperature indicator bar for that day, there’s a reason for that – it’s meant to show where on the scale the current temperature is lower, According to the sun.

The small white dot is also used to show where the UV Index is for the day, as well as sunset times.

So, for example, if the high point of the day is supposed to be 90 degrees, and the white point is at the end of the scale, that means the temperature has reached the high point of the day.

This feature was introduced in 2021, when Apple released iOS 15.

There are also some other icons you may not be aware of – like the orange dot at the top of your screen, near where the battery life and wifi icons are.

According to Apple Themselves, if the orange dot is present, it means that your microphone is being used, either by your phone or by another app in the background.

And if there is a green dot instead of an orange dot, it indicates that the camera or the camera and microphone are being used by an app on your smartphone.

Also note that if the time on your phone is surrounded by a different colored bubble, there’s a meaning to that too — if it’s blue, that means your phone is using screen mirroring, and if it’s red, that means your phone is recording.

Finally, a green bubble means you’re on a phone call or using Personal Hotspot, while a purple bubble means your iPhone is using SharePlay for FaceTime calling.

If you want to know more about the apps that use these features on your phone, you can easily go to the iPhone Control Center to find out, according to Daily Mail.

However, these iPhone features are not the only technical secrets that have been revealed in recent months.

In November 2022, the popular messaging app WhatsApp rolled out a feature that allows you to send messages to yourself in the app on mobile devices.

The new feature simply allows you to start a new conversation, and your own number should appear at the top of your contact list with the option to “Message yourself.”

And did you know that your iPhone even has something called Voice Recognition?

This means that your iPhone can alert you to certain sounds, such as a dog barking.

If you want to access this, just go to your Settings, click on Accessibility, then Voice Recognition.

You can enable it by hitting the toggle button on the right, then tapping Sounds to play whatever you want your phone to recognize.