With the iOS 18 replace, Apple added new options to nearly all of its built-in apps, together with the Digicam app. The iOS 18 Digicam app features a few small however helpful enhancements for timed pictures, portraits, and extra.
Timers
Together with the present 3-second and 10-second timers, there’s now an added 5-second timer that gives extra flexibility.
Flash Settings
Flash settings might be adjusted by touching and holding on the flash button within the Digicam app. It brings up Auto, On, and Off choices.
These settings may very well be accessed within the flash choices when tapping on the carrot to get to completely different picture controls, however an extended press is faster. A faucet nonetheless turns flash on and off.
Music When Taking Images and Movies
Whenever you’re taking a video music taking part in in your iPhone will now not be paused and can proceed taking part in. Within the Settings app, there’s an “Permit Audio Playback” toggle that you may activate that ensures music will proceed taking part in on the iPhone’s speaker when a video is recording.
In prior variations of iOS, utilizing the Digicam app to seize video robotically paused any audio taking part in.
Apple additionally says that music will proceed to play through Bluetooth connections when capturing a photograph or video.
Subsequent-Era Portrait Enhancements
On the iPhone 15 and later fashions, iOS 18 provides Portrait Lighting controls and assist for Evening mode portraits when in Images mode.
For context, Apple final yr added next-generation Portraits performance that robotically captures portrait data when utilizing the usual picture taking mode. Beforehand, you wanted to make use of the precise Portrait mode to get a Portrait shot, however that is now not the case.
The brand new characteristic helps you to take a photograph with out altering modes, after which select so as to add depth of area Portrait results afterward.
Learn Extra
Further data on new options that Apple has added in iOS 18 might be present in our iOS 18 roundup.
