iOS 26.1 Beta 4 Adds Toggle to Turn Off Lock Screen Camera Swipe

[gaximus]

This should have been there as soon as the action button was added, and if not then when the CAMERA BUTTON was added.

 

[alayal]

Honestly I’m going beta for this

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

accessibility, touch, tap or swipe to wake - turn it off. The downside is that you'll have to press the side button to wake the phone up, but I can live with that vs accidentally taking photos and videos ...
Most of the time I pick the phone up to unlock so don't have to do the side button too often, but I will turn it on again with this new toggle

ah it's not a direct solution but yeah

 

[dannyyankou]

That’s good news. We don’t need 3 different ways to access the camera from the Lock Screen (4 if you count Siri).

Edit: Actually 5 if you count the Action Button lol. Oh actually 6 if you count Control Center, omg.

 

[Astuces iOS]

Dang, it’s just me?

Yeah maybe….

 

[jz0309]

ah it's not a direct solution but yeah

that's why I called it a workaround

 

[Crickster]

I only use this swipe to turn off the flashlight 😛

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

I only use this swipe to turn off the flashlight 😛

you can't do that can you?

 

[Avenged110]

Finally. I've hated this gesture since they added it. Rather wish they would've added it before the redesign, though.

 

[n-evo]

Yo, only 1 person on the earth will turn it off...

You were proven wrong before you even managed to post your reply.

 

[AppleWes]

THANK YOU

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Only Apple can do this!

 

[vertsix]

BEST FEATURE IN A LONG TIME.

 

[Removebeforeflight]

Very good. I have accidentally „turned the Camera on“ so many times inadvertently just by carrying the phone around - resulting in unnecessary battery drain.

 

[Mighty Joe]

Yeah but now I'm accidentally launching the camera with the Camera Button! There's probably a way to turn that off, I haven't checked.

In camera control you can also select "Double Click" which might make it less likely to launch accidentally.

 

[bollman]

About f*cking time!

 

[chelsel]

Probably the dumbest feature ever unless you're Gen Alpha

 

[VineRider]

Finally, this has been an issue for me ever since moving to an iPhone. Glad to see this!

 

[AusMness]

Now that camera control exists every time I swipe to open the camera it’s by accident, good change

 

[VineRider]

In camera control you can also select "Double Click" which might make it less likely to launch accidentally.

This is not for camera control, this is where you swipe left on the home or lock screen and it invokes the camera. I have been wanting to turn this off for years.

 

[Dog Bone Malone]

Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. It only took 500 years for Apple to listen to the peasants.

 

[businessnumbersmoneypeopl]

That's great! Perhaps the next big new push for Apple could be to fix all the things that macOS Tahoe broke, such as compact tabs?

 

[brilliantthings]

Probably the dumbest feature ever unless you're Gen Alpha

My Gen Alpha swipes to open camera on all my devices. Drives me nuts.

 

[Dog Bone Malone]

Yeah but now I'm accidentally launching the camera with the Camera Button! There's probably a way to turn that off, I haven't checked.

There is. Settings - Accessibility - Camera control - Toggle Off Camera Control.

 

[Rohirm]

I hope they add a setting to disable the lock screen customization mode. I always end up in it by accident, and it's super annoying.