MARCH 2020 MACWORLD 93And in iOS 13.2, Apple added the ability
to change video resolution and frame rate
right in the Camera app instead of jumping
into Settings—but only on the iPhone 11.
There’s really no need for any of these
improvements to be restricted to Apple’s
latest phone. Night Mode may not be
possible on the oldest iPhone hardware,
but it’s certainly something an iPhone XS
and XR can pull off. And the interface
changes have no business being
restricted to just the new phones.
I’d love to see iOS 14 bring these and
other camera improvements to older
phones. Unify the interface and restrict
features only to what is technically
impossible on older hardware. And while I
wouldn’t want Apple to make the Camera
app interface too busy, I think a “Pro”
mode that lets users adjust color
temperature, shutter speed, and ISO,
would be welcome. Put it right in line with
the Pano, Time-lapse,
Portrait, and other modes,
and give photography nerds
as much manual control as
possible.- A NEW HOME
SCREEN
The iPhone’s home screen
got a bit of an overhaul
back in iOS 7, but hasn’t
really changed a lot since
have a runny axe meant,” it should
recognize that its interpretation produces
a nonsense phrase and that other similar-
sounding words produce a reasonable
sentence.
The beefed-up speech-to-text engine
should be used all over iOS, from Siri to
voice mail transcriptions (which are awful)
to the Voice Memos app.
- A BETTER CAMERA FOR
ALL iPHONES
With the iPhone 11, Apple made a few
sensible improvements to the Camera app
interface. The smooth-scrolling zoom
wheel, for example, is a delightful
experience that makes controlling zoom
level easier than pinch-to-zoom.
Then, of course, there’s Night Mode,
where several seconds of exposure are
combined to produce stunning shots in
dark environments.
iOS 13.2 added video frame rate and resolution adjustment
in the Camera app. But why only for iPhone 11?