Camera Control has the unenviable task of providing a lot of camera functionality with minimal physical real estate. Most importantly, it has to do so in a location that feels good in the hand.

Apple’s latest iPhone 16 series introduces a new camera control button. This button lets you quickly launch the camera, take photos, record videos, and adjust settings using capacitive touch controls.

iPhone 16 Pro is supposedly getting yet another new button. Photo: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac A button being added to the iPhone 16 Pro models is designed to act like the shutter button on DSLR ...

Wondering what the new button on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro can do? Much more than take photos. Whether you bought an iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro when they debuted late last year, you’re no doubt ...

Apple replaced the classic mute switch with the configurable Action button last year on the iPhone 15 Pro. Since day one, the Action button on my iPhone 15 Pro Max has been assigned to launching the ...

The Camera Control button, located where the hand on the left’s index finger is resting, scans with AI, tweaks phone zoom levels and more. One of the biggest surprises at Apple’s Glowtime event was a ...

Are you getting everything you can out of the button at the lower right of your iPhone 16, 17, and 18 series? The button is the phone's Camera Control, which can be customized to support your mobile ...

Despite Apple’s best efforts to market the iPhone 16‘s new camera button as its innovation, this isn’t quite the case. Yes, Apple’s implementation and tech behind the button’s functionality is novel, ...

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Snapping a quick photo on your iPhone can be tricky. You have to open the Camera app, set the zoom, exposure, and other controls, and then try to take the picture. By then, the subject of your ...

Honor’s latest mid-range smartphone is the Honor 400 Lite, and it has a new “AI Camera Button” that can launch Google Lens. New buttons are an increasing trend in smartphones as of late, and Honor is ...

Apple has introduced a new button in its latest iPhone 16 lineup, and consumer experts say that the refreshed feature will be a hit with Gen Z. The new camera control button, located on the right side ...