What is the little portrait of a person on a black field on the upper left of my iPhone?

What is that little picture/portrait to the left of the time?

Posted on Dec 1, 2022 12:31 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Posted on Dec 1, 2022 12:38 PM

It means you have your Personal focus enabled. Go to Settings/Focus/Personal to control it.

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Dec 1, 2022 12:38 PM in response to chompsky

It means you have your Personal focus enabled. Go to Settings/Focus/Personal to control it.

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