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iOS 18 will add a button to pause video recordings in your iPhone’s Digicam app. Apple launched the pause possibility within the Digicam app with the iOS 18 Launch Candidate construct.
Whereas fundamental, the pause possibility will make sure you don’t should report a number of clips.
Pause a video recording in your iPhone’s Digicam app
For causes greatest recognized to Apple, the iPhone’s Digicam app lacked a pause possibility whereas recording movies. You might take an image whereas capturing a video however couldn’t pause an ongoing recording. Fortunately, iOS 18 will change this by introducing a pause button.
Curiously, the OS’s beta releases didn’t embrace this characteristic. Nonetheless, it’s current within the iOS 18 Launch Candidate construct that Apple seeded proper after the “It’s Glowtime” occasion on September 9. Tapping the pause button will present a “PAUSED” indicator in pink proper beneath the video’s recorded size. A pleasant contact is that Apple will can help you change between lenses with a paused video.
Be aware that you simply can not exit the Digicam app after pausing a video. Doing so will cease the recording.
You’ll be able to’t use Digicam Management on the iPhone 16 to pause an ongoing video recording. You need to use it to start out or cease a video recording, change the zoom degree, and so forth. However as Apple showcased on the stage, pausing a recording is. not potential. So, a pause button within the Digicam viewfinder is a useful possibility.
iOS 18 drops subsequent week
Alongside iPhone 16 Professional, AirPods 4, and Apple Watch Collection 10, Apple additionally confirmed iOS 18’s launch date. The OS will begin rolling out to the general public on September 16 (Monday). It packs a number of new options, together with intensive Residence Display and Management Middle customization choices. The Photographs app can be getting an enormous makeover for a greater expertise.
The primary spotlight is Apple Intelligence, although it can solely arrive with iOS 18.1 in October.
iPadOS 18, watchOS 11 and macOS Sequoia additionally roll out on the identical day.