New Green Icon on Notification Bar

[requa]

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? 

[userE7iVbvRrto · Accepted solution]

Is it location on icon

[meself]

Yes i believe the location icon

[requa]

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

[requa]

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

[Mujibar]

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.

[requa]

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.

[Mujibar]

Thanks for confirming the behavior!

[BigBuglas]

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

[toni534]

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.