iPhone camera sound: how to enable or disable when taking a photo? As iPhone owners have probably noticed, when taking photos, the operation of the camera is accompanied by a characteristic sound. Many users do not pay attention to this sound, but sometimes there are situations when such “musical accompaniment” can disturb others, for example, when you need to photograph a lot of documents in a small office space in which other people work besides you.
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There is currently no option in iOS settings to turn off the shutter click sound (but there is an option to turn off keyboard clicks and screen lock sounds), but there are a few tricks to do so.
It is worth noting that in some countries, shooting on a camera without sound is prohibited at the legislative level (Japan and South Korea), so it is impossible to turn off the camera shutter sound in the iPhone for the markets of such countries without a jailbreak.
How to turn off the camera sound in iPhone?
For starters, the volume buttons on the edge of the iPhone only let you decrease the volume of the camera shutter sound. Moreover, it is necessary to reduce the sound when the Camera application is inactive. Otherwise (when the Camera application is running), the buttons act as a shutter release.
The easiest way to completely turn off the camera sound on most iPhones is to activate the silent mode using the toggle switch on the left side of the device.
When the mode is turned on, the display will show an inverted bell icon with the inscription “Silent mode On”.
Another way out is to simply turn the volume down to zero beforehand. Shooting will take place without a shutter click.
Note that when shooting in Live Photo mode (“Live Photos”), the camera also works without sound.
Finally, you can download camera apps from the App Store, such as Microsoft Pix, which have the option to turn off the shutter click in the settings.
How to turn on camera sound in iPhone?
If desired, the shutter sound can be turned back on by doing the above steps in reverse, i.e. turn off Live Photo mode in the Camera app, move the silent mode toggle switch to the “off” position. or turn up the volume in the Music or Podcasts app.
