What is the purpose of the orange dot on your iPhone?

Can you turn off iPhone orange dot?

• ]From your home screen, tap the Settings icon and scroll down until you see Accessibility.
• Tapping the word Accessibility in the settings list gives you access to the accessibility options.
• Now tap on Display & text size.
• Look for the Differentiate without color option and move the slider to the right.

How to determine which apps are using your phone’s microphone

The orange dot on your iPhone will alert you when an app is using your mic, but how do you know which apps are using it?

A cropped screenshot of the iPhone’s quick settings, pulled down to show which apps are using the microphone.
When the orange indicator appears at the top of the screen, swipe down to see which apps are using your microphone. For example, if you swipe down on the Phone app, you’ll see an orange circle with a microphone in the center at the top and the app’s name on the right.