Always the one with his eyes closed on a group selfie or just looking the wrong way? Enable voice command on the Galaxy S smartphones to get everyone in the picture.
Take a photo without pressing a button
By saying ‘cheese’, smile’, ‘capture’ or ‘shoot’ when you want to take a photo, an on-screen timer tells you how long until the photo is taken. So you can focus on your best pose. An additional advantage: because you do not have to press the shutter button, you can hold the phone with both hands. That reduces the chance of blurred photos. Recording videos is also a lot easier this way. Say “Record video” and the recording will start.
Setting up voice control on the Samsung Galaxy S5 and later models is as follows:
- Open the Camera app.
- Tap a gear icon.
- Optionally tap Recording Methods.
- Tap the slider next to “Voice command” so it turns blue.
- Tap the left arrow at the top.
- Take a test shot by saying “shoot.”
The timer will appear and a photo will be taken.