What is the green dot on my android messages icon?

[Android Central Question]

I have green dots on some of my contacts messages icon next to the camera icon. What does the green dot mean?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! This has been asked several times before. See these threads:

https://forums.androidcentral.com/a...-green-dot-my-video-call-my-text-message.html
https://forums.androidcentral.com/a...t-appears-camera-messages-what-does-mean.html
https://forums.androidcentral.com/ask-question/1049584-green-dot-next-certain-contacts.html

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