With Live Text on supported models, you can use your iPhone camera to copy, share, look up, and translate text that appears within the camera frame. Camera also provides quick actions to easily call phone numbers, visit websites, convert currencies, and more, based on the text that appears in the frame.

You can select specific text or all of it, and you’re able to search the web for it or share it using AirDrop, Messages, Mail, or other available options.

1. Open Camera on your iPhone.
2. Position your iPhone so the text appears within the camera frame.
3. After the yellow frame appears around detected text, tap the Detect Text button.
4. Touch and hold the text. Use the grab points to select specific text and perform any of the actions below:
   • Copy: Copy text to paste into another app such as Notes or Messages.
   • Select All: Select all the text within the frame.
   • Look Up: Show personalized web suggestions.
   • Translate: Translate text.
   • Search Web: Look up the selected text on the web.
   • Share: Share text using AirDrop, Messages, Mail, or other available options.

   Tip: Depending on the content, you can tap a quick action at the bottom of the screen to do things like make a phone call, visit a website, start an email, convert currencies, and more.

5. Tap the Selected Detect Text button to return to Camera.

To turn off Live Text on your iPhone camera, go to Settings > Camera, then turn off Show Detected Text.

Note: Live Text isn’t available in all regions or languages.

With Apple Intelligence, Visual Intelligence lets you interact with text around you.

Note: Apple Intelligence on iOS 27 or later is available on an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or iPhone 16 model or later. Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions. Usage limits may apply.*

*Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Some devices may not be available in all regions. Siri AI is available in beta in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language. Available in English to start. Siri AI will not be initially available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, Intelligent Photo Editing Tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts. Daily limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand, system policies, and other factors. Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future. Use of these features is subject to the Apple Intelligence Terms and Conditions.

Cinematic mode applies a depth-of-field effect that keeps the subject of your video sharp while creating a beautifully blurred foreground and background. It’s available on supported models.

You don’t have to manage the focus yourself. iPhone automatically identifies the subject of the video and keeps it in focus throughout the recording, and if a new subject is identified, iPhone automatically transitions the point of focus. But you can also manually adjust the point of focus while you record, or change it later in the Photos app.

1. Open Camera on your iPhone.
2. Swipe left on the screen to select Cinematic mode.
3. Before recording, you can make the following adjustments:
   • Tap the Camera Controls button, then tap Depth or Exposure to adjust these values. On iPhone 18 Pro models, you can also adjust additional tools, such as Shutter Speed, Lens Aperture, White Balance, and Histogram.
   • Tap 2x or 3x next to 1x to zoom in (on supported models).
   • Tap the resolution and fps values in the corner of the screen to change the settings (on supported models).
4. Tap the Record button or press either volume button to start recording.
   • A yellow frame on the screen indicates the person in focus; a gray frame indicates a person is detected, but not in focus. Tap the gray box to change the focus; tap again to lock the focus on that person.
   • If there isn’t a person in the video, tap anywhere on the screen to set the focus point.
   • Touch and hold the screen to lock the focus at a single distance.
   • On iPhone 15 Pro models, iPhone 16 Pro models, iPhone 17 Pro models, and iPhone 18 Pro models, tap 2x to zoom in.

   For a more precise zoom control, touch and hold 1x, then slide the dial.

5. Tap the Record button or press either volume button to stop recording.

Even if you didn’t record it in Cinematic mode, you can apply the Cinematic effect on iPhone 18 Pro models to a video shot in Video mode with the Main camera.

Quick tip: The Camera Control can adjust the depth-of-field effect on supported models.

Once you’ve recorded a video in Cinematic mode, you can remove or change the cinematic effect.