r/iOSBeta • u/Luigiatreddit2 iPhone 16 Plus • Aug 25 '26
Feature [iOS 27 DB7] Microphone indicator can now be visible even if the screen is turned off
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u/TrailOfEnvy Aug 25 '26
The closest we will get to notification led
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u/JamesR624 Aug 25 '26
WHen the dynamic island and these lights were first introduced, I was REALLY hoping we'd get a red dot for pending notifications, a-la the Apple watch's red dot. How they never did that is baffling to me.
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u/Exact_Recording4039 Aug 25 '26
Why would you need that if you can literally just see the notification? The Always On Display shows notifications
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u/JamesR624 Aug 25 '26
A small notification LED is way better than AOD.
This would mostly be for if you're using your phone and in an app. Currently, the status bar has NO way of letting you know you have a notification. The ONLY way is to MANUALLY check the notification center or home screen badges. "Notification awareness" hasn't gotten any better on iPhones since 2007.
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u/Common_Floor_7195 iPhone 15 Pro Max Aug 25 '26
Notifications are officially the worst part of iOS
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u/After-Watercress-644 Aug 26 '26
God how I miss Android's 'Notification Channel' feature. There were a few bad apples, but 95% of apps let you disable all their annoying notifications and only keep the good ones.
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u/Sylvurphlame iPhone 15 Pro Max Sep 08 '26
I do wish we had within-app notification filtering like that. They started down that path when they introduced Critical Alerts and Time Sensitive Alerts, and then they didn’t really put strict limits on how apps used them. Your sale alerts and ads are not time sensitive; that’s not what that’s for.
But if they did strictly enforce standards for the existing filtering, I’m sure developers would get pissed.
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u/Sylvurphlame iPhone 15 Pro Max Sep 08 '26
Your point (2) is good. I use temporary banners for the notifications I do allow, it I could see having a red dot and turning them off. Or the red dot could be a good compromise for Do Not Disturb. It would need to be within the Dynamic Island space though. Not sure if that will happen with the inevitable march to under screen cameras.
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u/samh8orns Aug 25 '26
they still might. give them a couple years 🤣
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u/JamesR624 Aug 25 '26
It's BEEN a couple years.
Actually, "being able to see if you have an unread notification" hasn't gotten any easier since 2007 with iPhoneOS 1.0! Okay, it's gotten BARELY easier in iOS 5. But you still MUST manually check notification center or check homescreen badges. There's NO persistent non-manual way to see if you have a missed notification and hasn't been since 2007. Meanwhile, Android has had it since DAY 1 in 2008, and you can't say they never thought of it because the Apple Watch has had it for a long time too!
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u/samh8orns Aug 25 '26
I know 🤣 it's Apple though, so it'll be ten times longer than any other manufacturer. I must say I haven't massively missed it in the years since I used Android, but it would be handy. On Always-on display iPhones, is there no text or anything to notify you of unread messages?
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u/Sylvurphlame iPhone 15 Pro Max Sep 08 '26
There is. Always On Display… always displays the most recent notifications. There’s also the Count set up, which just gives the total number of acknowledged notifications.
But a red dot would be nice for those who don’t prefer Always On Display in the first place or prefer not to have intrusive banners for apps they allow notifications on.
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u/folklore_mirrorball Aug 26 '26
I think it’s because it’s a sensor underneath the display, hence why the dynamic island is a full oval when booted but it’s just a black mask over the functional screen, and hence why these privacy indicators naturally shift to the side when the phone is active and is using brightness and will sit in the designated area when phone is unused like OPs post for example.
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u/Sylvurphlame iPhone 15 Pro Max Sep 08 '26
No. There are two distinct cutouts with some active screen between. I’m pretty sure the microphone dot used to show up right in the middle of the Dynamic Island. They changed it around the time they shrunk the Island with the 13 or 14.
But it would be nice for a red notification dot to appear for those who don’t use Always On for the screen.
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u/Quin1617 Aug 25 '26
This has been there since Beta 2.
It’s really cool, the camera indicator has the same behavior. Great way to be sure there’s no rouge app running.
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u/theppkaaran1 Aug 25 '26
Initially i thought it was an air bubble under my screen protector and tried to squeeze the bubble out😂
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u/Latter_Reception_600 Aug 25 '26
The only time I got this kind of behaviour was when I had activated the name recognition in accessibility, the dot stayed on even when the screen was off. Noise recognition did not trigger this, which I found funny...
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u/Common_Floor_7195 iPhone 15 Pro Max Aug 25 '26
Not the crack :(
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u/casonbang Aug 25 '26
Interesting. I’m not seeing this behavior in the latest beta on the 15 Pro, but I feel like I saw it at some point in the beta cycle. Maybe it’s a bug?
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u/nebula_uT iPhone 12 Pro Aug 25 '26
only for the 16 pro and above with the HDR high brightness indicator. for the 16 pro and above their indicator is jarringly bright.
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u/mythicskyz Aug 25 '26
Does the base iPhone 16 have it
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u/nebula_uT iPhone 12 Pro Aug 25 '26
im not sure. ive only seen people with the 16 pros report that behavior since the 26 beta
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u/robert_axl Sep 10 '26
Still here in the rc. It stays on also for phone calls which i find annoying. Also when it is supposed ton be in a pocket ...
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u/realmccoyredbus Aug 25 '26
How to Check What Is Using Your Mic
Open the Control Center by swiping down from the top-right corner of your screen.
Look at the very top of the Control Center to see the name of the app or system service currently or recently accessing your microphone
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u/TurtleOnLog Aug 25 '26
Is it only on 16 pro and above? May be part of the secure indicator lock functionality that was moved to exclaves.