iOS 18 includes a new LockedCameraCapture framework for developers, which will bring some useful new functionality to third-party apps with camera features. The update will let a third-party camera ...

With iOS 18, users can replace the default camera app on the lock screen with a third-party app. Halide and Obscura — two popular camera apps designed as alternatives to Apple’s default camera app ...

Users with iPhone iOS 18 and later can now replace the flashlight or native camera lock screen shortcut with the Snapchat camera. Once a picture is taken or video is recorded with the shortcut, users ...

Following the announcement at I/O 2025 last week, Google is more widely rolling out Gemini Live camera and screen sharing to the iPhone and iPad app. Once available, you’re greeted with a “Share your ...

One of the new features introduced in iOS 18 was the ability to change the Lock Screen controls. These were previously limited to the stock Camera app and the flashlight, but you can now substitute ...

Last month, Gemini Live camera and screen sharing became available on Pixel phones as part of Google's April feature drop. But today, at Google I/O 2025, the company announced that it's bringing that ...

If you don't have an iPhone 16, you might think you're missing out on the new Camera Control button that lets you quickly ...

An email from a friend last week led to a lengthy text exchange to help him locate his camera app, which had gone missing from his iPhone. “Somehow the camera icon fell off my screen. I must have ...

Google acquired the excellent photo editor Snapseed back in 2012—not long after Apple had crowned it one of its apps of the year—and despite having plenty to offer and being completely free to use, it ...

Commentary: I hated the camera control button on my iPhone, so I used these settings to make it entirely decorative.