These were first introduced with iOS 14, and how they work is fairly simple: when an app uses your iPhone's camera, a green dot appears at the top. Similarly, when an app is using the microphone ...

The orange dot will appear in the upper right corner of your screen when your camera or microphone is activated. To see which app uses your device's mic, you need to swipe into your Control Center.

Why Apple warns about camera/mic use. The new function is similar to the signal LED on an iMac or MacBook. In that case a green light besides the FaceTime camera indicates if the integrated camera ...

Although Apple didn’t mention it during WWDC 2020 last month, iOS 14 brings improvements and new options to the iPhone camera. This includes faster shots, an option to use the volume up button ...