5 hidden features of the iPhone Photos app

The standard photo gallery app on iPhone and iPad has a lot of additional features. Collected 5 useful functions that you might not know about.

1. Keyword search

It's scary enough, but your smartphone or tablet is actually smart enough to recognize what's in a picture - and tag it by content. This is for your convenience - so you can find the image in the gallery effortlessly.

Just go to the "Search" tab and enter the simplest word that describes the object on the desired picture - for example, "dog" - and get a selection of all the images in which the artificial intelligence saw dogs. This doesn't always work perfectly (for example, a smartphone might mistake a rabbit for a dog), but it's still pretty useful.

2. Hotkeys

IPadOS iOS 13.4 introduces hotkeys for the Photos app to make it easier to work with photos and videos. They require an external keyboard to be connected - so they will be useful mainly for tablet owners. To see a list of available combinations, hold down the button ⌘.

3. Collect multiple "live photos" into one video

Few people know that this does not require a separate program - the standard application has an option “Save as video”. It will appear if you select all the Live Photos you want and click Share. We have already talked about this feature in more detail in a separate article.

4. Find out where the photo was taken

If you can't remember the address and name of an interesting cafe, but remember that you photographed your latte there the last time you visited, iPhone can help. Find the photo you want and scroll down to the "Places" item: you will see a map with the exact address. Of course, for this to work, the Camera app must have access to geolocation data.

5. Hide photos

If you do not want some photos to be displayed in the general gallery, but deleting them is also not an option, you can always hide them. In this case, they will remain on the device, but will be available only in the "Hidden" album. To add a photo to this album, click the Share button and select Hide. Confirm the action - and you're done: you've removed the photo out of sight.

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