Formerly reserved for the iPhone 11 only, QuickTake, the function that allows you to record videos without leaving photo mode, is now available on the iPhone Xr and Xs. Find out how to use it.
Last year, during the presentation of the iPhone 11, Apple unveiled QuickTake, a new feature that allows users to quickly record a video from the Camera app, simply by holding down the shutter button.
With iOS 14, Apple is extending the availability of this feature to some older iPhone models, with QuickTake now being able to be used from the iPhone Xr and Xs. Here is everything you need to know to get started with this feature.
1. Quickly capture a video with QuickTake
Open the iOS Camera app. By default, it opens in photo mode. Without having to leave this mode and switch to video, it is possible to start recording a video by simply holding your finger on the shutter button. When you release the shutter button, video recording stops.
2. Lock video recording
The QuickTake feature also lets you start a video recording while locking it. To do this, keep your finger pressed on the shutter button, and slide it to the right where a button bearing a padlock has normally appeared. The application then films continuously, as when recording is started from video mode, until you stop it manually. While the app is filming, the button at the bottom right allows you to take photos. To stop filming, just press the Stop button.
Note that if you hold the shutter button and move it to the left, you will activate burst image capture.
3. Use QuickTake with the volume buttons
Start recording a video on the fly in iPhone Camera can also be done by pressing and holding one of the two volume buttons.
Be careful, however, if you have activated the Bursts option by increasing the volume from the iOS Camera Settings, you will have to press the volume down button (-) to activate the recording of a video with QuickTake .