Apple launched iOS 18 to most of the people on Sept. 16, every week after the corporate introduced its new iPhone 16 lineup, Apple Watch Sequence 10 and extra at its Glowtime occasion. The replace brings new options to the iPhone, like RCS messaging and T9 dialing. It additionally allows you to use your iPhone to shoot video and play music on the similar time, making it simpler to shoot video for social media.
Earlier than iOS 18, should you had been taking part in music in your iPhone and began taking pictures a video, your music would cease taking part in. With iOS 18, you may queue up the suitable track and begin rolling, however I discovered a couple of points with the characteristic.
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Here is what it is advisable to learn about this new digital camera characteristic.
Do I must allow a setting for this characteristic to work?
There’s a setting, however you do not have to do something when you replace to iOS 18. After I downloaded the OS, this characteristic was enabled routinely. In order quickly as you replace, you must have the ability to shoot a video with out stopping your music.
What apps does this characteristic work with?
I examined this characteristic utilizing the Music, Spotify and Podcast apps and was in a position to play music or audio from all three apps whereas recording a video. These probably aren’t all of the apps the characteristic works with, although.
Will audio play when taking pictures display screen recordings?
Sure. I performed audio from the above listed apps and tried to display screen report, and music was additionally recorded whereas I recorded the display screen. When iOS 18 was in beta, you could not do a display screen recording whereas taking part in music, however now you may.
How’s the audio high quality on the movies?
The audio high quality for display screen recordings is fairly good. The audio is pretty clear with out a lot — if any — distortion. Nonetheless, if you’re taking pictures a video and recording music on the similar time, your audio high quality will take a dive.
In my time utilizing the characteristic, the music sounded distant and hole, and relying on how loud I performed music by way of my iPhone it might sound very distorted. Apple writes within the setting’s description that the audio is performed by way of your iPhone’s speaker after which recorded in mono utilizing your iPhone’s on-device microphone, which might be why the standard is not so good.
On-device microphones can work in environments with few exterior sounds — like an interview in a quiet room — however they often lead to subpar high quality with extra complicated sounds or in noisy environments. In line with the captioning firm Ava, on-device microphones usually do not provide the identical sound seize capabilities as exterior microphones, which can lead to poorer audio high quality.
Moreover, recording one thing in mono compresses the audio parts and may trigger issues to sound flat and fewer dynamic, based on audio tools producer Sonos.
But when the music high quality in your movies bugs you, there is a strategy to flip this characteristic off.
The way to cease music recording within the background of movies on iPhone
1. Go to Settings.
2. Faucet Digicam.
3. Faucet File Sound.
4. Toggle off Enable Audio Playback.
Now whenever you report a video, your iPhone will pause any music or audio from taking part in till you are completed recording.
For extra on iOS 18, this is my iOS 18 evaluate, all of the methods you may customise your own home display screen in iOS 18 and our iOS 18 cheat sheet. It’s also possible to take a look at every part Apple introduced at its September occasion.
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