Apple added the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/snap-faster-with-iphone-16-how-to-use-the-camera-control-button” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/snap-faster-with-iphone-16-how-to-use-the-camera-control-button”>Camera Control button to its phones starting with the iPhone 16, but since I never really spent much time with that model, my first exposure to this new button came when data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/i-just-upgraded-to-the-iphone-17-from-the-iphone-12-and-these-are-the-5-big-things-i-noticed” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/i-just-upgraded-to-the-iphone-17-from-the-iphone-12-and-these-are-the-5-big-things-i-noticed”>I recently upgraded to an iPhone 17. And I’ve grown to hate the Camera Control button with the power of a thousand burning suns.
The Camera Control button provides a shortcut for launching the Camera app without having to first unlock your phone, and you can also use it for other controls like zooming, switching modes…

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