Have you ever noticed the tiny red dot?

[Xairbusdriver]

Last week I noticed a very small (tiny!) red dot above the cell power strength bars on my iPhone. Just wondering why it was there.

According to Apple, there is NO red dot where I was seeing it! Apple says it is either orange or green.
So:

• I'm going color blind
• Apple is wrong
• There is another answer

1. All other colors seem quite normal and my names usually agree with what others use for them, so I don't think my color vision capabilities are changing.
2. Apple is never wrong.
3. I did find one reply to this question noted that 'orange' on a "dark background" can look 'red'. Is "dark background" the same as "Dark Mode"? I have never intentionally selected or allow "Dark Mode" and the normal (default background image) at that spot is a light grey, at least on my Lock Screen. Still looks red to me!

The technical answer is that the 'orange' and 'green' dots are an indication that the phone's microphone is being used. Awakening Siri is an easy way to see the 'orange'/'red' dot. However, 'she' goes back to 'sleep' fairly quickly when I don't speak to her (your milage may very, I'm just not very sociable with Siri). So that doesn't help explain why I was constantly seeing 'red'.

A Restart of the phone seems to have eliminated the dots for the time being.

[kimmer]

I see an orange dot on dark and light wallpapers, in both dark appearance and non-dark; but once he (I use a guy's voice) talks to me the dot goes away.    Until you posted this, I'd never noticed the dot.

[Xairbusdriver]

Works the same way on my iPad, but the dot is slightly larger and slightly oranger (is that a real word?). Frankly, I’ve never actually used Siri (or Sir ie). S/he simply ‘goes away’ in a few seconds. From what I read, I would expect the dot to remain as long as a ‘conversation’ exists.

Does the dot change colors when you actually talk to him? As I understand this behavior, the orange/red dot means Siri (or the app that is using the mic) is ‘listening’ and turns green when it ‘hears’ a ‘voice’. I don’t really know of any apps that use the mic, so I don’t know how the color or visibility of the dot might behave with them.

[kimmer]

Does the dot change colors when you actually talk to him?

The orange dot is there while Siri waits for me to speak when I first hold down the "home" button. It's also there while I'm talking. Once Siri replies, the dot disappears. The behavior is the same on iPhone and iPad. I've not seen a green dot. 

[Xairbusdriver]

Until you posted this, I'd never noticed the dot.

I hope this isn't one of those 'just-heard-this-song-and-now-I-can't-get-it-out-of-my-mind' problems!

Take care, down there! I'm being entertained by watching my side neighbor kids running back and forth across our front yard. Schools were canceled because of only a threat of snow!

[Xairbusdriver]

Additional help on deciphering the sometimes cryptic iOS icons.