Most modern iPhones have a feature that lets you choose between snapping faster photos or taking photos in better quality. This feature lets you prioritize faster shooting, so your iPhone takes less time processing pictures and you can capture moments more easily. Here's how you can enable or disable it.

Taking Pictures With Your iPhone: Quantity vs. Quality

By default, most modern iPhones have a feature that prioritizes faster shooting. This feature changes the way the iPhone processes pictures so it can take more shots in less time when you tap the shutter button.

How does prioritizing faster shooting work? When you start pressing the shutter button rapidly, your iPhone will know it and automatically adjust the image processing so you can take more pictures.

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Of course, using this feature means you have to choose between quality or quantity. The faster you want to take the pictures, the less time your iPhone has to process the image, meaning it'll have less time to make the image look better. It'll still look good, but it won't be as good as if you just took one picture at a time. But at least you'll have a bigger chance of capturing the right picture and editing it afterward.

Which iPhones Can Prioritize Faster Shooting?

The option to prioritize faster shooting is available if you have an iPhone XS, iPhone XR, or a later model. Besides that, you also need to be running at least iOS 13 on your iPhone. You can check your current iOS version by going into Settings > General > Software Update.

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How to Enable or Disable Prioritize Faster Shooting

By default, you should have prioritized faster shooting enabled on your iPhone, but if you want always to take better-quality pictures, or just want to learn where this feature is, here's what you need to do:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Scroll down and select Camera.
  3. Scroll down again and enable or disable Prioritize Faster Shooting.

Never Miss a Moment

Now it's your turn. You can choose to take more pictures or let your iPhone take its time to process them thoroughly. The good news is that you can always leave prioritize faster shooting turned on and still take amazing pictures without worrying about it by tapping the shutter button more slowly.