topic Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar in Galaxy S22

New Green Icon on Notification Bar

requa — Mon, 05 May 2025 00:25:18 GMT

I don't recall ever seeing the green icon pictured below on my notification bar prior to updating to OneUI 7. It looks like a notification symbol, but it is there whether I turn location on or off and whether I hide it show location notifications in QuickStar. This only appears when I pull down either the notifications list or the quick menu. Can anyone identify this?

Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

userE7iVbvRrto — Mon, 05 May 2025 00:27:07 GMT

Is it location on icon

Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

meself — Mon, 05 May 2025 00:29:52 GMT

Yes i believe the location icon

Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

requa — Mon, 05 May 2025 00:30:44 GMT

It does look like it, but what is the point of it is there even when I turn location off?

Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

requa — Mon, 05 May 2025 00:33:12 GMT

I take it back. It does disappear when I turn location off, but it takes several seconds for it to disappear. Mystery solved.

Re: Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

Mujibar — Mon, 05 May 2025 01:04:05 GMT

That's new behavior with the new OS. The icon is there so you can tap on it to see what app/service is accessing location. It should only appear when location is being accessed. Unless you have an S25. Apparently, it's constantly on with those devices.

Re: Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

requa — Mon, 05 May 2025 01:31:47 GMT

Thanks for confirming this is new -- I thought I had somehow missed this large green blob. I see now that it behaves as you suggested on my S22.

Re: Re: Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

Mujibar — Mon, 05 May 2025 01:34:07 GMT

Thanks for confirming the behavior!

Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

toni534 — Mon, 05 May 2025 03:01:11 GMT

This is already solved—but I would like to clarify that it was always there, in fact, this appears for Camera, Microphone, and Location being used. It's pretty neat sometimes, but it can be annoying.

Re: Re: Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

BigBuglas — Mon, 19 May 2025 20:52:31 GMT

We should be able to disable/hide this. Really bad design

Re: Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

BigBuglas — Mon, 19 May 2025 20:55:01 GMT

How is it already solved? I just got the update on my device and have not found any way to hide this icon. It was not an issue before the update.

Re: Re: New Green Icon on Notification Bar

requa — Mon, 19 May 2025 21:02:11 GMT

It is solved because it is no longer a mystery. I know now what it is and what it is trying to show me, and I can go back to ignoring it.