What does the blue status indicator light mean?

While watching a Prime app TV show with my USB earbuds connected, I noticed the blue status indicator light flash multiple times. Then I picked up the device and the light went out. It did not come back on. What the heck is going on with this device? I checked my app notification settings and could not see what would cause this behavior. Is this phone spying on me and sending information out? Sorry but this is freaking me out.

iPhone 15, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 14, 2024 06:38 PM

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Dec 14, 2024 08:14 PM in response to lintek214

And from the Apple support page: Status icons and symbols on your iPhone - Apple Support

There is no mention of a blue indicator light. The page was published: September 16, 2024


I have an iPhone 15 running iOS 18.1.1. Could this be some new feature introduced but not yet documented anywhere? No web search results talk about this "blue" indicator light being present on the device.

Dec 15, 2024 05:39 AM in response to Zachyy

After checking on this VC feature you mentioned, I confirmed that was not it. Also, that feature is not enabled on my device. More detail, while watching the program in the Prime Video app, the device was displaying everything in the landscape mode. The blue indicator flashed on the top right corner area of the device. All Prime Video app notifications are disabled too. But I will double check to make sure.


Soapbox: I jump from an Android because of the lack of features, now I have to deal with a device with so many features that many of them are hard to find and set them up, and or undocumented. yikes!

Dec 15, 2024 05:47 AM in response to lintek214

When you say prime app are you referring to Amazon Prime or what exactly? I no longer subscribe, but when I did, it believe that’s a notification in the Amazon Prime Video app. It signifies that the app is experiencing internet connection issues. This usually relates to setting the quality setting higher than your internet company can provide the data for. In other words your connection is too slow for that quality.

Dec 15, 2024 07:46 AM in response to Jeff Donald

Yes, the Prime Video app is what I'm using. You might be right about the reason. The internet connection indicator could have been the reason. And I did check the app specific notification settings. There is a setting for that. So now it's a test, wait and see thing now. I'm more satisfied now, that it's not an iPhone specific notification issue. Thx for the response.

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