iOS 18 camera no longer turns off audio
Since the iPhone can record more than just photos, the sound stops when video recordings are activated. iOS 18 now changes this.
iPhone camera: If it's on, the sound is gone.
(Image: Sebastian Trepesch)
In the latest beta version of iOS 18, Apple has integrated a feature that many users have wanted for years: The continuation of audio playback even when recording a video. The problem has existed for over 15 years: in 2009, Apple first introduced the ability to make movies with your smartphone with the iPhone 3GS. Since then, music, audio books or other audio content stops abruptly as soon as video recording is started. This also applies to live photos, which also contain sound. Once the recording is finished, audio playback continues.
A switch to retain audio
With iOS 18, there is now a new switch under the camera settings. This is simply titled "Allow Audio Playback". Apple states that when the switch is active, the audio will no longer pause automatically. However, if playback is no longer via headphones but via iPhone speakers, it should be noted that recordings can only be made in mono.
In practice, the new function means that you can record sounds from the iPhone speaker as well as the surrounding area - or continue to enjoy music via headphones when recording video, as you are used to from photos, for example. An old trick to do this before was the so-called QuickTake feature, where videos were recorded in photo mode. However, this meant filming with poorer video quality. Even if you wanted to film a walk with your iPhone while listening to music, for example, you couldn't do this.
iOS 18 fulfills old wishes
The new feature is another example of how Apple is fulfilling long-held user wishes as part of iOS 18, although one has to wonder why they are only now being addressed. This applies, for example, to the new sorting options on the home screen, which for the first time allows custom icon colors including empty spaces.
The Messages app now supports tapbacks with any emojis. On the iPad, iPadOS 18 will also see the first implementation of a calculator as part of the operating system after years of waiting.
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