Privacy Indicators on iPhone 14 Pro's Pill-Shaped Cutout Will Be Brighter Than Rest of Display, Similar to Mac Camera LED

[MacRumors]

Last minute rumors have suggested that the two planned cutouts on the iPhone 14 Pro will be displayed as a single large pill-shaped cutout, with Apple also using that space for the green and orange camera and microphone privacy indicators.

The privacy indicator information comes from a source on the MacRumors forums who appears to have inside knowledge on what the display will look like. The source provided additional details to MacRumors on what the indicator lights will look like.

The indicator dots are described as "much brighter than the rest of the display," something that will be noticeable specifically in bright situations. The source describes the indicators as being "some sort of HDR content" to make them easy to see even when it's sunny outside and the display is at maximum brightness.

The dots will appear in the space between the two cutouts that Apple is using for Face ID hardware, and the overall look will be much like the green indicator light that is displayed on the Mac when the webcam is activated. Apple uses a bright green indicator light for Macs and it sounds like the indicator lights on the iPhone 14 Pro models will be at a similar brightness.

At the current time, the green privacy indicator for the camera and the orange privacy indicator for the microphone are displayed to the right of the notch on iPhones that have Face ID. The lights are not particularly bright and can be easy to miss, so making the indicators brighter and moving them to the middle of the display will make them easier to see.

When the indicator lights are not on, the space between the two hardware cutouts will be black, merging them into a single cutout. The pill-shaped cutout will take up a similar amount of screen space as the notch, but it will not connect to the top of the display and it gives Apple extra real estate for indicator lights.

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[lostPod]

Now that is a great idea! Brings back memories of Android's old front notification light.

 

[Benjamin Nabulsi]

Perhaps they will use it as classic flash too?

 

[Sankew]

What if the portion between the pill and hole are not covered by the display and they are instead hardware lights for camera and microphone similar to how it is on the Mac

 

[lazyrighteye]

Maybe it just muscle memory kicking in, but now that the calendar has flipped over to September, I’m pretty freaking pumped.

Tonight kicks it all off proper with the first of a four-night run at Dick’s with Phish. I return from that adventure to a keynote. Then pre-order. Then delivery. Then my birthday.

Best. Month. Ever.

 

[AppleUK1]

I like the LED indicators

 

[Eldaerenth Faexidor]

I hope that they expand this particular function into optical notification rings.

 

[masterleep]

Seems like it'll be more annoying than the notch because it's easier to ignore something at the edge of the display.

 

[jman240]

How bright I wonder. Am I going to be bathed in a green haze when taking a selfie now?

 

[macvicta]

Seems like it'll be more annoying than the notch because it's easier to ignore something at the edge of the display.

This is necessary progress. It’s a step toward nothing being there at all.

 

[SSDGUY]

Seems like it'll be more annoying than the notch because it's easier to ignore something at the edge of the display.

I'm guessing the hardware under the screen that's associated with the camera, sensor, and LED indicators takes too much space to cram them up higher?

 

[gaximus]

What if the portion between the pill and hole are not covered by the display and they are instead hardware lights for camera and microphone similar to how it is on the Mac

I think they are part of the screen, this way they could change colors and sizes when iOS styles update, also it's rumored to be touch sensitive there (which doesn't mean its a screen, but likely). They would also be able to cool animation where it starts as a larger mic symbol that shrinks into a dot(probably not, but would be cool).

 

[DanTheMan827]

How bright I wonder. Am I going to be bathed in a green haze when taking a selfie now?

It'll probably turn off when taking a photo I would guess.

 

[serpico007]

Hope blackberry notification lights make a surprise comeback. Been missing that on the iPhone. Maybe allow third party developers access to it. Who am I kidding, Apple would never allow us to tinker with the led lights! 😂

 

[surfzen21]

What if the portion between the pill and hole are not covered by the display and they are instead hardware lights for camera and microphone similar to how it is on the Mac

Wondering the same.

Physical hardware similar to the macs would be better than software implementations that could be bypassed.

 

[JM]

Well there goes battery life 🙄

🤪

 

[antiprotest]

It will be so high powered that when you FaceTime with someone they will think you have a sniper laser on your forehead.

 

[diego.caraballo]

What if the portion between the pill and hole are not covered by the display and they are instead hardware lights for camera and microphone similar to how it is on the Mac

This would make much more sense.
Right now is hard to think a good reason to make a display with the dot-pill shape and keep the space between them off all the time.

The other possibility is that keeping it black was a last-minute decision.

 

[BornAgainMac]

So it will be like sleeping in a dark room but have a bright charging light in the room that is annoying and bright.

 

[antiprotest]

How bright I wonder. Am I going to be bathed in a green haze when taking a selfie now?

It will be so high powered that you can turn on the front camera and then point it at the ground to fry ants with it.

 

[antiprotest]

So it will be like sleeping in a dark room but have a bright charging light in the room that is annoying and bright.

It will light up the ceiling like a planetarium.

 

[A Hobo]

So can we finally have a red notification led when the device screen is off? Use ‘attention aware’ and have your iPhone light up a bright red LED when you’ve missed a message or call. We’ve had software red badge notifications on iOS for what? A decade and a half? Green for cam and orange for Mic seem fine enough, surely also a purple dot for location services?

 

[mnsportsgeek]

What if the portion between the pill and hole are not covered by the display and they are instead hardware lights for camera and microphone similar to how it is on the Mac

I would prefer this

 

[mnsportsgeek]

So can we finally have a red notification led when the device screen is off? Use ‘attention aware’ and have your iPhone light up a bright red LED when you’ve missed a message or call. We’ve had software red badge notifications on iOS for what? A decade and a half? Green for cam and orange for Mic seem fine enough, surely also a purple dot for location services?

The device screen is going to be always on so no need anymore.

 

[Daniel325991]

I wonder how the notifications will drop down now? like will they have to go all the way below the cutout ?