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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Camera Control is a new physical button with touch control capabilities that sits flush on the bottom right of the iPhone 16 frame. By default, it will launch the Camera app, act as a shutter ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the big selling points of the iPhone 16 hardware is the Camera Control button. It’s a small physical button on the bottom right of the frame that also has some capacitive capabilities. With the ...

When Apple released iOS 26 last September, it added a handful of new AirPods features. One of those was Camera Remote. As you can probably guess from the name, it allows you to use your AirPods as a ...