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iOS 16: How to Control When iPhone Camera Shots Are Saved to Your iCloud Shared Photo Library

iOS 16: How to Control When iPhone Camera Shots Are Saved to Your iCloud Shared Photo LibraryFriday September 9, 2022 4:47 PM PDT by Tim HardwickIn iOS 16, it's possible to create a shared iCloud Photo Library that allows up to fi

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iOS 16: How to Control When iPhone Camera Shots Are Saved to Your iCloud Shared Photo Library
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iOS 16: How to Control When iPhone Camera Shots Are Saved to Your iCloud Shared Photo Library

by Tim Hardwick

In iOS 16, it's possible to create a shared iCloud Photo Library that allows up to five other friends with Apple products to contribute photos to.

iOS 16 Photos and Camera Guide Feature
This means if you are all at the same event, you can have your iPhone camera automatically upload new shots to the same shared library for you to enjoy and look back on together.

In the Camera app, you can tap a new icon that looks like two people to swap between automatic uploading to the shared library and your personal library. Using Bluetooth, your iPhone can even detect when you're in the same location as other participants in the library and set the Camera app to automatically add photos and videos to the shared library.

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If you don't like the Sharing from Camera app option for whatever reason, you can manually disable it, and if you change your mind, you can re-enable it anytime, so long as you still have a Shared ‌iCloud Photo Library‌ active. The following steps show you how it's done on an iPhone running iOS 16.

  1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Scroll down and tap Photos.
  3. Under "Library," tap Shared Library.
  4. Tap Sharing From Camera.
  5. Toggle the switch on or off next to Sharing from Camera.

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If you choose to enable Sharing from Camera, you can use the same menu of options to set the Camera to Share Automatically or Share Manually, with the latter option allowing you to make use of the new upload button in the Camera app, as outlined above.

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Apple Shares Photos Shot on iPhone Duo

Thursday October 1, 2026 1:37 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
Apple on Instagram today shared a curated gallery of six photos shot on the iPhone Duo. The photos were shot by American photographers Jake Michaels and Jason Nocito, as part of a project commissioned by Apple. iPhone Duo is equipped with four cameras:A rear 48-megapixel Fusion Main camera A rear 48-megapixel Ultra Wide camera A front 12-megapixel Center Stage camera in the outer display A...
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iPhone Duo's Hidden FaceTime Camera Takes 'Trash' Photos

Wednesday October 21, 2026 11:36 am PDT by Juli Clover
The iPhone Duo's inner screen has an under-display front camera that's largely hidden from view. It's the first time we've seen an under-display camera on an iPhone, and it turns out there's a reason Apple hasn't used the technology before. Apple said the camera offers 1080p video recording, but didn't mention photo quality. Gizmodo said it's a 4-megapixel camera and described the photos as...
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HomeView's Faces Include Snoopy, Photos, and Interactive Artwork

Wednesday October 14, 2026 4:00 am PDT by Hartley Charlton
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