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Apple closed its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today. During the keynote speaker to mark the start of the event, the company revealed that it is fully designing the camera app of the iPhone in the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 26,The company says that the design will be “more comfortable” and “elevate two capture modes that you use the most: Photo and Video.”
The iPhone camera app has been looking very similar to the previous Big iOS Redesign, 2013 since iOS 7. However, the company has since added dozens of new features and mode since then the app has been feeling disorganized for some users. For example, if you want to take a panorama, you must first swipe through the picture and spatial photo mode.
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For both photos and videos, different modes will be broken into subcontinent, making it easier to find what you want. Picture: Apple |
By default, the new interface will present you with mode for standard photos and video shooting. You can swipe on the switcher and access other modes such as “cinematic” video or portrait photos, but they will not show by default, making it difficult to tap them accidentally.
The app follows Apple’s “liquid glass” design language, which will be applied to the rest of the iOS 26. This means that settings and controls will be displayed as a semi-transparent window on photo preview; The current version of the app has some settings PANs, which appear on the black bar next to the preview.
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Apple is bringing tabs on your photo app. Picture: Apple |
Apple says that the camera app is also getting a feature called “Lens Cleaning Hint”, although it has not said anything about the facility.
Photo app, which was under the relatively controversial redesign last year, is also getting a fresh coat of “liquid glass” paint. Purely beyond beauty changes, your photo library and album and photo type collections will now be in separate tabs, making them easier to differentiate; In the iOS 18 version, they were presented together on a scrolling screen.
Finally, Apple is also Update its airpod Wireless earbuds by adding camera remote functionality. Users will be able to press and hold the airpods stem to take photos or start recording videos. A press-end-hold will eliminate recording. Apple says that this function will work with its original camera app as well as “iphone or iPad with third-party camera apps.”
Apple says that iOS 26 will be available “this fall”, and it will run the iPhone 11 and later; Apple is leaving support for iPhone XS and XR, which can run iOS 18.
* Current release is known as iOS 18, but Apple has changed its naming plan; It will now follow a model year format similar to cars. For example, iOS 26 will be released at the end of 2025.
