Now you can launch Snapchat’s camera from your iPhone’s lock screen

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Starting this week, Snapchat is introducing a faster mode for iPhone users to instrumentality snaps erstwhile they’re successful a rush. iPhones moving iOS 18 oregon aboriginal tin regenerate the flashlight oregon autochthonal camera shortcuts astatine the bottommost of the fastener surface with shortcuts to Snapchat’s camera.

With the caller shortcuts, you tin motorboat the Snapchat camera straight from the fastener surface with a azygous tap, making it easier to seizure moments earlier they pass. Using these controls enables iPhones to motorboat and instrumentality photos successful “Camera Only” mode portion locked, but sending oregon editing the snaps volition inactive necessitate users to unlock the device.

To acceptable this up, users request to pat and clasp the Lock Screen, deed Customize, and past prime Lock Screen to regenerate 1 of the default options. That adds to the different disposable options, similar adding a Snapchat widget to the fastener oregon location screen, customizing the iPhone 15 / 16 Action fastener to motorboat Snapchat directly, oregon customizing the iPhone 16’s caller Camera Control to unfastened Snapchat.

In a determination akin to Google touting its “Quick pat to Snap” feature astatine the Pixel 6’s motorboat a fewer years ago, this alteration was shown disconnected during Apple’s WWDC keynote successful June. We’ve besides seen different alternate camera apps like Halide adhd enactment for this iPhone diagnostic since iOS 18 launched successful September.

Two iPhone screenshots amusement   however  to regenerate  the default fastener  surface  apps connected  iOS 18 with shortcuts to the Snapchat camera.

Lock surface customization was mostly released for iOS 18, but developers request to rotation retired their ain enactment for circumstantial widgets similar these Snapchat camera shortcuts

Image: Snapchat

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