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iPhone 12 what is the absolutely fastest way to fire up the camera app?(in case I see a sasquatch or something like that)
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I would never use this option. Either the camera button from the lock screen or swipe left on the lock screen.
interesting.. I never knew that it was possible... I just said "Hey Siri Camera" and the camera app was opened....
is there a way to say something like "Hey Siri, take a picture NOW!" (tried it... the camera app opened, but nothign happened)
Okay, here’s what I found on the web for camera.
Even better.
Create a shortcut called video that takes a video and saves it to your Photos.
Now just say, “Hey Siri video”. From the Lock Screen it starts recording immediately after face unlocking.
Edit: For some reason it doesn’t work the same for a photo, you have to manually press the shutter. Still pretty fast to say, “Hey Siri picture” and press the shutter button.
Seems to be some restrictions on pressing the camera shutter from a Shortcut. Testing both taking a photo and a video, I get different results based on context.
For taking a photo I always have to hit the shutter button and the photo then gets saved to my photo roll without any extra Shortcut steps. This is the same from the Lock Screen or the Home Screen.
For a video, if I start from the Lock Screen it always starts recording immediately. I have to add a Shortcut step to save to Photos or it tosses the video. If I start from the Home Screen it doesn’t start recording until I hit the record button.
Weird differences.
Edit: If I open the camera first before taking a photo it saves to the photo roll automatically. If I use the Shortcut option to Show Camera Preview without opening the camera app first, it acts like the video and requires the Save to Photos step. Inconsistent.
I just tried that, but couldn't see a sasquatch. Is this an iOS bug?
Swiping right on the lock screen is the quickest really.
That might get Sasquatch to hang around. He’s probably had bad experiences with Siri as well and wait to see the response.
I’m sorry, Brian, I can’t do that right now.
Ok, Brian, I’ve added it to your shopping list.
Hmmm?
Should work as long as Sasquatch is in an area with good 5G
you know.... that's exactly what I was looking for... had that function on a previous Android phone....
After the lockdown, Siri took a picture of me thinking I was Sasquatch.
I gave that a try. While it's slightly faster than swiping left, I think it not as easy. Taping the back is not as natural as tapping with my thumb.... if they can somehow allow me to tap a blank screen 3 times with my thumb and open up the camera.
