Actually the palm thing sounds like an excellent idea for those folks who take selfies. Any tool that minimizes needing to physically touch for shutter release is a good thing.
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Remotely Control Your iPhone Camera – No Apple Watch Needed
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That is a very useful feature that Apple indeed should copy: "Hey Siri take a photo in … seconds."
You dont need a tripod,
just lean the iPhone against a bottle on a table or something like that....
If you use it in selfi-mode I am pretty sure that you will be able to control also your position in the photo (if not too much distance to the iphone/iPad at least)
Or you can demand someone just to hold the iPhone and give your command for the shot yourself... and so choose the "moment décisive" (not bad as welll)....
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just lean the iPhone against a bottle on a table or something like that....
If you use it in selfi-mode I am pretty sure that you will be able to control also your position in the photo (if not too much distance to the iphone/iPad at least)
Or you can demand someone just to hold the iPhone and give your command for the shot yourself... and so choose the "moment décisive" (not bad as welll)....
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"When you're ready, say "Turn up the volume," to activate the camera's shutter and take the picture."
It is hilarious. If Steve Jobs heard this, someone will be fired on spot. 🤣
It is hilarious. If Steve Jobs heard this, someone will be fired on spot. 🤣
But he is not wrong....saying "turn up the volume" to activate the camera app IS NOT INTUITIVE and should be called out as such.....
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Because "Hey Siri, take a photo" would require 10 years of development at Apple, these days.
Wish the voice-control workaround were a real feature.
Could activate two seconds after someone says "say cheese" or such things.
And/or take a bunche of pictures and select the one where all people have their eyes open with AI... come on Apple, your hardware has felt the same for 5 years now, come out with more useful software tricks!
Could activate two seconds after someone says "say cheese" or such things.
And/or take a bunche of pictures and select the one where all people have their eyes open with AI... come on Apple, your hardware has felt the same for 5 years now, come out with more useful software tricks!
Apple Intelligence at ifs finest! Lol,..how hard could it be to code "take a picture" or simply wave your hand like on an Android ?? 🙄🤦♂️
"Turn up the volume"???
Remotely controlling the shutter on your iPhone's camera lets you include yourself in the photo while avoiding the limitations of a selfie. For example, it allows you to take a picture of a wider scene with you included in the frame, which is ideal for landscape shots or group photos. If your iPhone is on a tripod, taking the shot remotely also reduces the risk of camera shake. Here's how to do it – and you don't need an Apple Watch.
There are more ways than one to take a picture on your iPhone remotely. If you have an Apple Watch, you can open the Camera Remote app that comes included. If you don't have an Apple Watch, skip to our Voice Control steps.
Control Your iPhone's Camera With Apple Watch
- Launch the Camera Remote app on your wrist.
- Position your iPhone to frame the shot you want to take.
- Tap the Shutter button on your Apple Watch screen.
By default, the shot is taken after three seconds to give you time to move into position, but you can disable the time and control other settings including flash, and Live Photo by tapping the ellipsis (three dots) button. The menu that this calls up also lets you switch between the front and rear iPhone camera.
Use Voice Control to Take a Photo
If you don't have an Apple Watch, don't worry. You can also use Voice Control to remotely control the camera on your iPhone. That's because you can trigger the camera shutter with the volume buttons, which can also be controlled with your voice. Here's how it works.
- Launch the Settings app and tap Accessibility.
- Tap Voice Control.
- Turn on the switch next to Voice Control so it's in the green ON position. (You should see a Voice Control active symbol and a little orange dot icon at the top of the screen indicating that Voice Control is using the microphone.)
- Next, launch the Camera app and line up your shot.
- When you're ready, say "Turn up the volume," to activate the camera's shutter and take the picture.
- When you're finished, you can disable Voice Control by toggling the switch again in Settings.
Final tip: If you're familiar with the Shortcuts app, you can find a shortcut in the Gallery called "Say Cheese" that lets you use Siri to control your iPhone's camera remotely. Once you've added it to your active shortcuts and given it permission to access your camera and microphone, you'll be able to take photos remotely by saying "Hey Siri, say cheese."
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To remotely start playback in the Music app, I would not expect I'd have to say "Take a picture" ...
Except that it doesn't work when you are inside the Camera app, like, when you want to take a selfie and want to extend the phone far, far away that one of your fingers can't reach the shutter button. Siri doesn't work inside the Camera app lol
Oh, without the livestream on the Apple Watch, you'll probably end up with some wildly creative image crops! Who needs perfect framing anyway? Talk about saving money in all the wrong places...
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this is exactly how bluetooth "capture photo" buttons work, they imitate the volume up button.
In an iPhone with 16Gb RAM supporting 5th iteration of AI.
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I have used nearly all versions of Apple Watch, including the Ultra watch, I always have the latest phone and OS and this feature have never been reliable. Very strange,
