There's an extra button on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 17 series called Camera Control – find out everything it can do here, from easier zooming to enhanced AI search ...

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.

Apple’s latest iPhone 16 series introduces a new camera control button. This button lets you quickly launch the camera, take photos, record videos, and adjust settings using capacitive touch controls.

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Commentary: Was it supposed to be the Visual Intelligence button instead? There's a lot of unrealized potential in Apple's new button that goes well beyond the camera. As Managing Editor, I lead ...

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iPhone 17 series and some iPhone 16 models come with a new Camera Control button, located on the lower right-hand side when holding the phone in portrait orientation. Designed to make photography ...