Why is there a blue dot at the top left of my iPhone screen?

That blue dot is voice control. The dot shows up as it's an indicator that an application is using your microphone. If you would like to turn this feature off. You can do this by simply going to Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control.
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How do I get rid of the blue dot on my iPhone screen?

This icon means that some feature is requesting the microphone to be active. It's likely to be something in Accessibility, such as Voice Control, once you close all the apps it will go away . Or You can turn this off by going to Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control.
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What is the blue dot at the top of my iPhone 13?

An indicator appears at the top of your screen whenever an app is using your microphone or camera. And in Control Center, you can see if an app has used them recently,” Apple explained when the update was first released.
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How do I shut off Voice Control?

To stop Voice Access, you can do any of the following actions:
  1. Touch anywhere on the screen.
  2. Say "Stop listening."
  3. Turn the screen off. ...
  4. Open your notification shade, then tap Touch to pause.
  5. If you set up a Bluetooth switch, you can press the switch to stop Voice Access.
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What is the little blue light on my iPhone 11?

The blue light is coming from the ambient light sensor. I looked up how to disable/turn off the ambient light sensor. Settings>General>Accessibility>Display Accomodations>Enable Display>Enable/Disable Auto Brightness.
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How do I get rid of the blue dot on my phone?

Fix Blue Circle on Your Samsung Phone Screen
  1. Go to Settings on your phone.
  2. Scroll down and tap on “Accessibility”.
  3. From there, tap on the “Interaction and Dexterity” option.
  4. Under Touch settings turn off the toggle next to “Ignore Repeated touches” if it is already turned on.
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Why is there a small blue dot on my screen?

These dots (also known as pixels) may appear red, green, blue, white or black. High-precision technology is used to manufacture these LCD/OLED displays to maintain a high standard of operation. But with all LCD/OLED screens, regardless of manufacturer, there may be a small number of dots that do not change color.
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What does the little blue dot mean?

The blue dot on the contact means the messaging app will search your contact list to see which of your contacts have phones that support RCS. If you utilize an RCS network infrastructure on both of your phones, the other person's contact information will have a blue dot next to it if you are in communication with them.
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What is the little blue dot next to my contacts?

If you see them in the texting app, chances are it means you have new messages. If you see this in the contacts app and have a Samsung device (as do they), profile sharing might be active and it's showing online status or updates to each other. Welcome to Android Central!
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What does the blue dot mean on iPhone apps?

What does this blue dot mean? The iPhone automatically updates apps when a new version is released. If a blue dot appears next to one of your apps, it means that app has recently been updated. Running the app for the first time after the update will remove the blue dot.
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What is the blue dot on the phone icon?

This shows that apps with blue dots have recently been updated. In other words, when an app is updated (automatically or manually), little blue dots will appear next to the app name indicating that your app just updated. It further means that you have not launched the app since it was updated.
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What is the blue dot at the top of my IPhone 7?

Question: Q: Blue Dot at the top of IPhone 7

first nothing is wrong with your phone - PERIOD. The thing you're looking at is the front facing facetime camera. The blue dot shows when the light reflects in the lens. Try this, walk into a dimly lit room, look no more dot.
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How can you tell if a text has been read?

On an Android

First, open your Messages app and navigate to the settings. Depending on your phone model, operating system, and cellular provider, you will notice one of the following: Read Receipts, Send Read Receipts, or Request Receipt. Turn on the applicable option.
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What is chat mode in messages?

RCS, also known as Chat, is an enhanced messaging experience on Android devices that is an upgrade to simple text/SMS and is similar to iMessage or WhatsApp. Chat is enabled by Google's Android platform and is accessible using either Google's Android Messages app or Samsung's Messages app.
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Why is there a little blue dot on my contact icon in my messaging app on my Android mobile phone?

The contacts that have the blue dot have the chat messaging enabled on their android Samsung phone. That means when sending large messages it will show up as one long chat message instead of multiple small numbered messages.
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Why is there a blue light at the top of my phone?

The majority of the Android devices feature a built-in blue light setting, one which you can enable by going to Settings and tap on Display. There you will find a setting named either Night Light or Blue Light, through which you can adjust the colouring temperature and schedule when you want to turn it on and off.
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How do you know if your location is on?

Open your phone's Settings app. Under "Personal," tap Location access. At the top of the screen, turn Access to my location on or off.
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How can I tell what app is using my location?

Learn how an app can use your phone's location
  1. On your phone's home screen, find the app icon.
  2. Touch and hold the app icon.
  3. Tap App info .
  4. Tap Permissions More. All permissions.
  5. Under "Location," you can find the type of location the app requested.
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What is Voice Control in iPhone?

With Voice Control, you can navigate and interact with your device using your voice to tap, swipe, type, and more. You need iOS 13 or later, or iPadOS to use Voice Control. Before you can use Voice Control, a file download is required.
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