A physical button on a smartphone that snaps a photo. Many people find a dedicated button more comfortable than tapping the button icon on screen. For years, various Android models have used a Volume ...

Camera Control has the unenviable task of providing a lot of camera functionality with minimal physical real estate. Most importantly, it has to do so in a location that feels good in the hand.

Almost everything is easy to do on a smartphone these days. Until I want to take a picture. Suddenly, I’m juggling my iPhone to unlock the device—my fingers are fumbling around for the right ...

Despite Apple’s best efforts to market the iPhone 16‘s new camera button as its innovation, this isn’t quite the case. Yes, Apple’s implementation and tech behind the button’s functionality is novel, ...

The Camera Control button on the iPhone 16 isn't the useful feature Apple thinks it is. It falls short on speed and it's not ...

David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces. Over the last decade, he's reviewed phones for TechRadar as well as covered tech, gaming, and culture for Engadget, Popular Mechanics ...

OPPO has revealed that the Find X8 series of phones indeed offers a camera shutter button. The button also supports swipe gestures to zoom, much like Apple’s Camera Control key. Apple announced the ...

The iPhone 16 is not the only recently released smartphone with a separate camera control system, as the Oppo Find X8 Pro also has a similar alternate way to interact with the camera on the side of ...

Honor’s latest mid-range smartphone is the Honor 400 Lite, and it has a new “AI Camera Button” that can launch Google Lens. New buttons are an increasing trend in smartphones as of late, and Honor is ...