New multi circle icon when unlocking screen?

[nuraman00]

In the past week or so, for about a second when I'm unlocking my screen, I see 3 tiny circles in the top bar, in the upper left corner. They disappear after less than a second.

The circles are almost forming a triangle shape, but not quite.

They are next to other icons, such as the square which indicates an unread text message, etc.

I've never seen this multi circle icon before.

I am on Android 6.0.1.

I am not sure if they only appear when I unlock my phone and have a notification, or if they appear every time I unlock my phone. I haven't been able to figure out any consistent pattern. I think I see it almost every time now when I unlock it, but not exactly 100% of the time.

 

[B. Diddy]

The next time you see it, get a screenshot and show it here.

 

[nuraman00]

The next time you see it, get a screenshot and show it here.

I'll try. It disappears in less than a second, so it's hard.

 

[nuraman00]

I tried several times today to take a screen shot. But it disappears too quickly right after I unlock my phone.

Is there somewhere where I can see a list of all possible icons that could appear up there?

 

[B. Diddy]

Is there somewhere where I can see a list of all possible icons that could appear up there?

That's difficult, because the icon could be due to the system, the carrier, or some 3rd party app.

Can you take a short video of the phone screen when you're waking it (using a different device to take the video, of course), then share the video?

 

[nuraman00]

The thing I circled in blue.

 

[Javier P]

The thing I circled in blue.

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That looks like the Google Assistant icon.

 

[nuraman00]

What is it trying to do? And how do I turn it off?

I haven't seen it before at all, up until this week.

 

[mustang7757]

What is it trying to do? And how do I turn it off?

I haven't seen it before at all, up until this week.

Force stop the google app

 

[B. Diddy]

What is it trying to do? And how do I turn it off?

I haven't seen it before at all, up until this week.

Could be checking your Google account for any reminders or other notifications. Nothing shady going on.