With iOS 18, users can replace the default camera app on the lock screen with a third-party app. Halide and Obscura — two popular camera apps designed as alternatives to Apple’s default camera app with manual controls and different image processing algorithms — have already taken advantage of that possibility and released updates with shortcuts

Halide users who’ve upgraded their iPhones to iOS 18 are now able to quickly access the advanced camera app directly from their phone’s lockscreen without having to unlock it first. Previously, only the native iOS camera app could be conveniently accessed that way.

It's now even easier to replace your iPhone's default camera app with Halide, a third-party option that offers advanced camera features, such as manual shutter speed and ISO control, histograms and even a mode that claims to strip away almost all of Apple's AI image processing.

Apple introduced a new Camera Control button with the iPhone 16 series, and several Android vendors will copy the feature.

At least three different Android phone manufacturers announced plans for an iPhone 16-esque camera control button on upcoming devices.

O ne of the most prominent hardware changes announced with the recently launched Apple iPhone 16 series is the new Camera Capture button, which essentially acts as a shortcut to t