Halide customers who’ve upgraded their iPhones to iOS 18 at the moment are in a position to rapidly entry the superior digicam app straight from their cellphone’s lockscreen with out having to unlock it first. Previously, solely the native iOS digicam app might be conveniently accessed that manner.
Although Halide affords superior options like guide shutter pace changes and a “Process Zero” possibility that delivers pictures with none AI processing, accessing Apple’s digicam app was all the time quicker because of its lockscreen shortcut. Halide might be made accessible by means of a lockscreen widget, however really moving into the third-party digicam app required an iPhone to be unlocked utilizing Face ID, Touch ID, or by coming into a passcode.
With iOS 18 and the brand new Halide 2.16 replace put in, iPhone customers can change both the default digicam or flashlight shortcut with one which instantly launches Halide with out unlocking. After long-pressing on the iPhone’s lockscreen, you faucet the “Customize” button after which faucet the lockscreen once more. You’ll then be given the choice to take away both the default flashlight or digicam shortcut after which change it by urgent the “+” that’s left behind. Other choices embody default iPhone apps just like the calculator or magnifier, however within the Capture part, Halide will now be listed.
However, in contrast to the default iPhone digicam app, Halide isn’t free. It’s accessible for a month-to-month subscription of $2.99, a less expensive yearly subscription of $19.99, or as a one-time buy of $59.99.
