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I've never seen a "New" bubble on the icon for a newly installed app from the Apple app store. I just tried it on both my iPad and my iPhone, and no bubble.

The iPad is new, running the current iPadOS. The iPhone is too old for the current. Is this something they added in 17 for iPhone but not iPad, something they have added but only in Europe, or what?

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It's a blue dot before the App name below the App icon. It's there until you open it the first time

Is this iPhone only and new in 17 or Europe only? I don't get this on my iPad with has 17.3.1, and my iPhone has 16.something. I'm in the US.

It's been a thing since around iOS 8.

I think it only shows when an install/update is done without user interaction (e.g. auto-updates, or when you've got "Automatically download purchases" enabled).

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