What does the little white symbol on the 'buzz bar'Mumsnet mean?(on the app)

[cozietoesie]

It doesn’t seem to be consistent or to tie in to anything happening on the TIO, for example, so thought I’d ask.

Hi @cozietoesie - what do you mean by the buzz bar? If you could take a screenshot I’ll have a look. Thanks!

On ios11 Tim, there’s a ‘bottom bar’ - I didn’t know what else to call it. It has some standard symbols plus symbols for the last three - or so - apps you’ve used. (I’ll try to take a screenshot.)

PS - I’ll wait until the symbol appears so that you will know what I mean......

Is it this? Bottom left hand corner? I get it whether there is a message or not...drag, my screenshot didn't take...

Here we go.

Not quite. It’s like a little white ‘double curving arrow in a circle’ which hangs over the MN symbol in the bottom bar. I assumed it was some sort of iOS 11 delicacy - but I’m perplexed as to what it actually signifies.

My bottom navigation bar( using ipad app) looks a bit tight, not displaying the headings in full.

@picklemepopcorn that’s a shortcut way of opening the app from the lock screen. Your iPad suggests apps that you typically use at a given place and time, so isn’t something we have control over.

Ah ha! Thank you! I thought it meant I had a message, but I never did...weeps silently.

My device finally obeyed means took a picture.

...me and took.....

It’s an alarm clock. Sky net is monitoring how long you spend on mUmsnet, in case you get uppity and think you know better than the machines...

Ah.

It does look like a clock, rather, if you drag the picture out.

Gonna have to hope @TimMumsnet comes back and tells us... I hate a mystery!

It may be a special Apple secret. (Perhaps they run Skynet,)

I have it now, too! And it pops up on other apps. Mysterious...

I think it's a special Apple secret.

It looks like it's to do with Siri figuring out what apps you usually use at that time:

discussions.apple.com/thread/8087680?start=0&tstart=0

Ah. The dock!

Now I know. Sadly, it doesn't look - from that conversation - as if Apple's staff know much about it, though. They seem to be parroting Tech responses to them.

Hey guys, just noticed this thread - yup it's showing the apps that you typically use at that time of the day. I think you can turn off this feature in Siri settings if you want.