One of the coolest innovations on the iPhone 16 is the Camera Control, a dedicated hardware addition that’s all about snapping images and taking video. It’s a clever hybrid of a mechanical button and ...

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.

A newly-revealed patent details a button that can be swiped as well as pressed. It's the iPhone's Camera Control button, and it may be coming to the iPad.

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. On the iPhone 16 series of smartphones, the ...

Apple has recently filed a patent for a new input system aimed at portable electronic devices, featuring over 20 ...

Commentary: My camera roll was filling up with random photos from every time I bumped my camera control button. I hated it until I found this trick. I’m a lifelong Apple loyalist, but one feature on ...

Commentary: I love the idea behind the dedicated Camera Control button on recent iPhones, but it keeps getting in the way. Apple announced the iPhone 17E this week, and with it came a surprise: ...

One of the cool things about the new Camera Control feature on iPhone 16 is, the fact that it can be used for third-party apps. You can choose to use it for a number of third-party camera apps like ...

A random report from an account with zero track-record for anything claims that the iPhone 18 will drop the Camera Control button as too few people are using it. The claim is entirely meaningless, but ...

Like the iPhone 16 series, all of Apple's latest iPhone 17 models include a new Camera Control button (located on the lower right-hand side when holding the phone in portrait mode). The button aims to ...

The Camera Control packs in a lot of features, and they’re a little fiddly. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac The Camera Control button on the iPhone opens the Camera app, takes pictures and can ...