Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro and flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max will reportedly use software to black out pixels to make the “pill and hole punch” display cutouts look like one seamless pill-shaped cutout which will also house camera and microphone privacy indicator lights.
Currently, Apple places a very small orange dot in the upper-right corner of the display when an application is using your iPhone’s microphone. A green dot appears when an app is using your iPhone’s camera. On the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple will move these indicators and make them far more visible.
The “dead space” between the two display cutouts on the iPhone 14 Pro will be used to show these green and yellow privacy indicators. Apple’s goal, according to our source, is to make the experience more similar to a MacBook, which features an always-visible green LED when the camera is in use.
This will also allow Apple to show both the green and orange dots at the same time when the camera and microphone are both in use. Currently, Apple only shows the green dot, even if an app is accessing the camera and microphone both.
MacDailyNews Take: The “pill” is growing on us. It’s not nearly as an inelegant kludge as is the horrid notch.
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I hope the pill will not be visible. There is an old Apple patent related to hidden camera pixels between the LCD ones.
Unlikely. The pill is going to be visible, all this can’t be a giant misdirection, we’re gonna get the pill whether we like it or not, and it won’t be coloured glue, purple,
Green or anything else.
Nothing wrong with the notch. It’s only MDN that’s made such a fuss about it. When the technology is ready for everything to be under the screen, Apple will do it.
Regarding the notch, MDN needs a chill pill. 🤣😂😎👍🏻
Now all you have to do is trust the indicator lights.