Remember the Sony Xperia smartphones which have a dedicated shutter button? Well,this is Apple’s version of it with a tighter software and hardware integration. The Apple iPhone Camera Control button is a dedicated camera button on Apple iPhone 16 and its Pro models.
This fancy new Camera Control button has a force sensor that is pressure sensitive and a capacitive sensor for touch interactions. The Camera Control button looks like a fingerprint sensor on iPads but it actually functions like the Home button from the older iPhones. Bear in mind, it is only used for the camera and camera control which means you can hard press it to open the camera and press again to take a picture. If you press and hold it will take a video. Better yet, the force sensor onboard lets you gently press to bring up camera functions and then the touch sensor lets you slide your finger across to control various functions like zoom, exposure, or depth of field.
You can even use Apple Intelligence straight from the camera to point at things and find answers. Apple Intelligence will help you recognise restaurants, add events to your calendar from event flyers and identify dogs. Click here to know more on Apple Intelligence.