Switching between taking photos and recording videos in the Camera app is fairly simple — just swipe the screen from left to right when you’re on the Photo option, or tap Video manually — but you can change it up even faster than that with QuickTake. Here’s what you need to do:
- Open the Camera app and select the Photo option — this should be selected by default whenever you open the app, but if it’s not you’ll need to switch to it.
- Instead of tapping the Shutter button (the large circle in the center-bottom portion of the screen), tap and hold it.
- The Camera app will start to record video for as long as you continue to hold down the Shutter button.
- Release the Shutter button to stop recording.
Please note that QuickTake is available for the iPhone XS or XR and newer, so long as you’re using iOS 16 and up. Videos recorded with QuickTake will appear in your Photos app just like any other image or video you capture, and can be shared, edited, duplicated, or deleted in the same way.
