The iPhone Camera App Is Being Revamped for ‘Professional’ Photographers, Report Says
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Key Points:
- A forthcoming iPhone update, reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, will make the default Camera app highly customizable with widgets, allowing users to tailor controls and features to their preferences.
- The update aims to appeal to professional users by enabling advanced photographers to add, remove, or rearrange widgets that control functions like exposure and depth-of-field directly within the Camera app.
- Widgets will be accessible via an “Add Widgets” tray and categorized by difficulty levels such as “basic,” “manual,” and “settings,” enhancing user control over photography settings.
- The current Controls button in the Camera app will be relocated next to the shutter button for easier access, and a new “Siri mode” will be introduced to enable camera-based features like text translation and object identification.
- These new camera features and the updated Siri are expected to debut with iOS 17 at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 8.