I’ve been using iPhone 16’s new Camera Control button – and two hidden perks Apple didn’t mention are shockingly handy

I'VE been secretly trying retired the iPhone 16 for days – and overmuch of clip has been spent poking and prodding its caller button.

The Camera Control fastener is simply a caller summation to each 4 2024 iPhone models, which came retired contiguous – Friday, September 20.

It's ne'er appeared connected an iPhone before, but it's a useful addition.

The thought is that you property it to instrumentality photos, and swipe it to alteration camera settings.

But determination are 2 hidden tricks that you mightiness person missed.

First fto maine explicate however the caller Apple fastener is expected to work.

WHAT IS THE IPHONE 16 CAMERA CONTROL BUTTON?

The caller fastener is connected the close borderline of the iPhone 16, astir an inch from the bottom.

Click it erstwhile and the camera launches. Click it a 2nd clip and it'll instrumentality a photo. Great.

But the fastener is besides a capacitative pad that tin consciousness erstwhile you're rubbing your digit on it.

If you lightly property connected the pad, it'll propulsion up your existent camera mounting – similar zoom.

And you tin past scroll with the fastener to determination betwixt zoom levels.

Or you tin lightly property doubly successful a enactment to propulsion up camera settings, scroll betwixt them, and past property again to take one. Think absorption levels oregon photographic styles.

It's beauteous useful, and it's successful a bully presumption whether you're holding your iPhone 16 successful representation oregon landscape.

And you tin besides spell into Settings > Accessibility > Camera Control to set however delicate the pad is.

CAMERA CONTROL'S HIDDEN PERKS

There are 2 main advantages of the Camera Control fastener – beyond conscionable utilizing it to scroll done photograph settings and snap pics.

The archetypal is that iOS 18 present lets you swap those quick-action icons astatine the bottommost of your Lock Screen.

Normally they're acceptable to a torch oregon flashlight and the camera.

Now the Camera Control fastener exists, you tin swap the camera icon for thing other much useful.

I've got it acceptable to Reminders due to the fact that I firmly judge that app is 1 of the lone things keeping maine sane.

But you tin acceptable it to bash fundamentally thing successful iOS 18 – and usage the Camera Control fastener to rapidly drawback photos instead.

The 2nd is that you don't person to usage the Camera Control fastener for launching the camera astatine all.

If you spell into Settings > Camera > Camera Control, you tin alteration it to unfastened different apps.

It's not a limitless list, but excavation lets maine take Apple's Code Scanner (for QR codes), the Halide app for taking photos, the Magnifier app for zooming successful connected content, arsenic good arsenic Instagram.

The evident drawback present is that they're each camera related, but it's a nice hidden mode to customise your button.

THAT'S NOT ALL!

There's really a 3rd usage for the Camera Control fastener that Apple has talked astir – but hasn't released yet.

Eventually Apple plans to adhd thing to the iPhone called ocular intelligence.

The thought is that you'll clasp down connected the Camera Control fastener to scan an entity successful beforehand of you.

For instance, constituent it astatine a canine and it'll archer you the breed – oregon drawback a landmark to find retired much astir it.

But that AI-powered diagnostic isn't disposable yet – it's coming successful a future Apple Intelligence update. So enactment tuned.