5 tips and tricks for Photos and Camera in iOS 17 that are worth knowing

Pet recognition

In addition to people, the Photos app can also recognize specific animals, so you can automatically sort your pets into albums. Accordingly, the People album was renamed the People and Pets album. Pet recognition works for cats and dogs, and according to Apple, human recognition has improved in iOS 17.

Improved interface for scanning QR codes

The iPhone's camera has been great with QR codes for some time now. With the arrival of the iOS 17 operating system, the interface for loading them and possibly going to the related link has been improved even more. While the Camera app on the iPhone has been able to read QR codes since iOS 11, iOS 17 significantly improves the corresponding user interface. Instead of the QR code link appearing in the middle of the display, it now appears at the bottom of the screen, making it easier to tap.

Improved editing interface

When editing photos, Apple has improved the application's interface, and labels have now been added to individual items. This makes it easier for users to differentiate between Live Photo edits, filters, cropping, and editing. Buttons Zrušit a Done moved to the top of the screen. The Cancel button is always active while the button is pressed Done can be clicked only after making adjustments.

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Working better with Spotlight

Apple also improved Spotlight in the iOS 17 operating system, which now works even better with native Photos. Useful for opening apps or asking basic questions, Spotlight can show you app shortcuts in iOS 17. Instead of opening the Photos application itself, you can go directly to photos taken in a certain place or to a specific album.

Better placement of photos on the lock screen

When you place a photo on the lock screen, if you zoom in on the photo, iOS 17 will intelligently blur the top of the photo and stretch it upwards so that your subject can be in the free space below the time, date and widgets.