You’ve found the perfect spot for a selfie. You hold up your iPhone, do your best pout, and take the shot. It’s perfect, but for one small thing; your blurry arm in the foreground of the shot. If only there were some way you could use a remote to fire your iPhone camera without having to hold it.
Well, if you have an Apple Watch, you may do exactly that. TheCamera Remoteapp on the Apple Watch allows you to trigger your iPhone camera directly from your watch face. You can even see a live feed from your iPhone camera on your Apple Watch to help you compose the perfect shot. Here’s how to use your Apple Watch to take photos on your iPhone.
How to use Apple Watch to take photos on your iPhone
Taking a photo on your iPhone using the Apple Watch Camera Remote app is simple to do, and quickly becomes second nature.
How to view the photos you take using your Apple Watch
Once you’ve taken a photo, you may review it on your Apple Watch without having to touch your iPhone. This allows you to check if the photo has turned out well, or if you’ve cut off someone’s head and need to take it again.
You can also take multiple shots and then review them all on your Apple Watch. Once you close the Camera Remote app, however, you won’t be able to view these images on your Apple Watch any longer; you’ll only be able to see them on your iPhone.
How to change the Camera Remote app settings
It’s possible to tweak some of the camera settings that are used when taking your photos directly from the Camera Remote app. You can remove the countdown timer, choose to use your iPhone’s front camera, change the flash settings, turn on Live Photos, and turn HDR on or off.
