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In the past, if you wanted to take a group photo, practically every time one person had to sacrifice himself. This individual could not be in the picture as he had to control the camera itself and take the picture. Now we can set the self-timer, i.e. automatically take a picture after a few seconds. But we live in modern times that demand modern solutions. The Apple Watch comes in handy in this case, because if you own it, you can use it to easily control the iPhone's camera, which can come in handy in many different situations.

How to control iPhone camera via Apple Watch

The ability to control the iPhone camera via the Apple Watch is one of the basic functions, but many users do not know how you can use it, or even where it is located. It's definitely nothing complicated. So, if you would like to remotely take a photo on your iPhone using the Apple Watch, while also seeing a preview of the photo on them, you just need to proceed as follows:

  • First, you need to be on your Apple Watch they pressed the digital crown.
  • Once you have done that, find in the list of applications Camera, which you open.
  • Then wait a few seconds until Apple Watch connects with iPhone.
  • Once connected, you can immediately see it on your Apple Watch image preview.
  • To capture a photo, you just need to at the bottom of the screen they pressed the shutter button.
  • You can view the resulting image by clicking on the preview at the bottom left.

So, it is possible to take a picture from an iPhone using your Apple Watch in the above way. In any case, by default, the picture is taken immediately after pressing the shutter button, so the resulting photo will show that you are operating the watch. But that's not a problem, because if you click on the bottom right on three dots icon, so you can in preferences activate the self-timer for 3 seconds. After pressing the shutter button, the picture is not captured immediately, but after three seconds, which is enough time to look natural. In addition, you will also find options to switch between the front and rear cameras, flash settings, Live Photo and HDR. Sometimes it can happen that the Camera application on the Apple Watch does not connect to the Apple phone. In that case, manually launching the Camera app on the iPhone will help, and if not, restart both devices. Note that the Apple Watch must be within range of the iPhone for proper functionality.

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