I half press the iPhone 16 Pro camera control button to lock the auto focus and auto exposure before I take the photo. Celso Bulgatti/CNET As a lifelong Apple fan, I was excited to finally upgrade to ...

If your iPhone 16 suddenly takes blurry photos or refuses to lock focus after iOS 26.1, the cause is usually a software camera glitch, a stuck lens state, or settings that changed during the update.

Like the iPhone 16 series, all of Apple's latest iPhone 17 models include a new Camera Control button (located on the lower right-hand side when holding the phone in portrait mode). The button aims to ...

Camera Control had a rocky start when the iPhone 16 launched. Early reviews found the button overly complicated and finicky, sometimes feeling more like a gimmick than the tentpole feature Apple ...

The iPhone 16 introduces a new camera control button that redefines how users capture and create content. Powered by the advanced capabilities of iOS 18, this feature is designed to meet the needs of ...

Seven months after Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 and its all-new Camera Control functionality, I still had mixed feelings about it. Mostly, the way it's positioned on the iPhone 16 models makes it feel ...

When we reviewed the iPhone 16 Pro last year, Apple Intelligence was barely available. Since then, the iPhone 16 series has benefitted from several new features, apps and improvements. Some (or most) ...

Commentary: I hated the camera control button on my iPhone, so I used these settings to make it entirely decorative.