iOS 18 could deliver a small but important camera upgrade to help you take
pro snaps

Date:
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:52:13 +0000

Description:
Youll soon be able to launch any camera app from your iOS 18 lock screen or with the Action button.

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When Apple talked about iOS 18 at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)
, the company did something very unusual: it opened up its normally restrictive operating system in all sorts of interesting ways. One of those new freedoms has just come to light, and it could be excellent news for fans of iPhone photography.

As spotted by MacRumors , iOS 18 will let you launch a third-party camera app directly from the lock screen. Prior to this change you could add a camera button to the lock screen, but it would only open Apples own first-party camera app. Now, youll have a lot more flexibility to get straight into the app you want and start snapping away.

This isnt the only way that Apple is planning to open up its iPhone operating system in iOS 18. The company has provided tools for developers to add their own icons to the Control Center, which comes as part of a much larger
overhaul of the quick-access panel. This will provide a much easier way to launch apps and even provide specific functionality. Getting in on the action (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd)

In fact, the changes coming to iOS 18 go even further than that. Thats
because Apple is expanding the Action buttons capabilities so that it will be able to open Control Center items. Therefore, if youve added a third-party camera to the Control Center, you'll be able to assign that item to the
Action button, giving you a swift, no-nonsense way to launch a camera app without needing to first unlock your phone and swipe your way over to it (interestingly, this is something that photo app Halide can already do ).

To achieve all this, Apple has provided an SDK (software development kit)
that allows for some interesting tricks. For example, developers can use it
to let users go directly to the camera tool within their app, even if the camera is not the apps main feature. That means that apps like TikTok or Instagram could create buttons using this SDK that would open apps camera rather than just its home page.

It might sound like a small change on the surface, but gaining access to your favorite camera app from the Lock Screen or with a quick press of the Action button could make a real difference. And of course, youre not limited to just applying this change to photographic purposes you could feasibly add any third-party app to the Action button by assigning it a place in the Control Center. And that can only be a good thing for Apple fans. You might also like iOS 18: new features, predicted release date, and everything we know Apple WWDC 2024 13 things we learned including what Apple Intelligence is and why
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