What does the green light on the Android phone’s right side indicate?

While using an Android phone, have you ever noticed a blinking green light on the display?

If yes, do you know the meaning of this green dot? Many smartphone users ignore these small phone activities. When using an Android phone, every little activity on the phone matters to you from a security point of view.

What does the green dot on the phone display mean?

Android phones come with many security and privacy features for users. One of these features is visible on the phone with a blinking green light.

This green dot blinks when your phone’s microphone, camera, and GPS are in use. This green dot means that an app on the phone is using your microphone, camera, and GPS services. Its blinking acts like an indicator.

In fact, to ensure user privacy and security in Android phones, Google introduced this feature in Android 12.

This can prove useful for users when any app running in the background is using specific settings of the user’s phone. You can see this green dot in the upper right corner of your phone’s display.

Hackers cannot steal data

This indicator feature of Google can protect your data from hackers. It can alert you when this green light is flashing when you are not using the microphone, camera, and GPS in a particular app.
For this, you can clear apps running in the background and go to Manage permissions settings.