Apple is planning several useful new features for screen recording in iOS. It can be used to record what is currently happening on the iPhone’s screen, for example for training purposes, to help friends use it or for demonstration on YouTube.
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This is how screen recording currently works
It is already being used so called screen recording Very simple. To get started, go to the iOS Control Center (usually Accessible by swiping up from the top right corner). There is a button that starts screen recording. If you leave Control Center (or wait for the countdown to end), it starts over.
The recording is finished using the Screen Recording button, which can be found at the top of the screen. By long-pressing the screen recording button in Control Center, you can also send the screen recording to certain apps (like Teams) and turn the microphone on or off to record your voice. The photo ends up in the Photos Library.
Better screen recording with HDR, stereo and selfie camera
As 9to5Mac reports, there are several new screen recording features coming in the future – In “future updates”This means you can record not only your voice in mono, but the entire environment in stereo using two iPhone microphones. In addition to SDR images, you can also take HDR images of the screen in the future.
Finally, there will also be a so-called Live Camera overlay with which you can film yourself using the selfie camera while using the iPhone. This is apparently planned through a picture-in-picture UI, as SharePlay is known as screen sharing. You will be able to turn on the camera in Control Center. It’s unclear when Apple will release the new features. However, according to a previously known package insert, these features are not yet available in iOS 18.3, which is available as a release candidate and is expected to appear next week. These functions are also expected for the iPad, which supports screen recording just like iOS. Here too there is no release date yet.
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