Apple's latest iPhone 16 models include a new Camera Control button (located on the lower right-hand side when holding the phone in portrait mode). The new button aims to make it easier to adjust photography settings when shooting with the iPhone in both portrait and landscape orientation.

At the Apple September Glowtime event, the company announced that the iPhone 16 (and, of course, the iPhone 16 Pro) would sport a new Camera Control button that will enable a number of new features. This button can be used not only to take pictures, but also to adjust settings and access some Apple Intelligence features.

Apple is introducing a two-stage shutter to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max to automatically lock focus and exposure the way you do on professional-grade cameras with a light press of the camera control button.

All four models have seen one of the 5G mmWave antennae removed, to create space for the Camera Control button. The company says this shouldn’t be an issue for the non-Pro models, with their aluminum chassis, but might pose a challenge for the dense titanium frame used for the Pro and Pro Max. However, Apple has sought to compensate for this.

The new Camera Control button is located on the side of the iPhone 16 phones. Jason R. Rich The two significant new features are the Camera Control button that's located on the side of the smartphone, as well as the Apple Intelligence (AI) integration that will soon be part of a yet-to-be-released version of iOS 18.