Green Dot next to certain contacts

[Android Central Question]

I was receiving too many scam and junk calls throughout the day, and it was frustrating. So, after giving it much thought, I put my phone on DND and clicked the star next to all of the people in my contacts that I wanted to receive calls from. One day I noticed that there was a green dot and the word "available" next to some, but not all. This only appears on the contacts that I have placed the star on. None of my other contacts show up this way. Can anyone tell me what that means? And why it is there? It is puzzling me.

 

[rvbfan]

They likely have chat turned on.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone? I agree that this is likely related to RCS Chat feature.

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[mustang7757]

Post a screenshot
https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=413366