Apple released iOS 14 to the public in September 2020, and with it came a whole host of visual changes. Some – like the widgets and app library – are more obvious than others.

Among the changes there was also a new privacy focused alert which you may have noticed a green or orange dot randomly appearing at the top of your screen. If you have an iPhone X-model with a notch, it’ll show on the right side of the notch, just above your Wi-Fi or phone signal indicators.
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