How to control third-party camera apps with Apple Watch

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You can use the music glance to snap pics.
You can use the music glance to snap pics.
Photo: Buster Hein/Cult of Mac

The remote camera shutter and viewfinder is one of the most useful Apple Watch features, but there’s just one problem: It only works with the default camera app.

Apple hasn’t opened up the remote shutter API to developers yet, however, there’s still a way to turn your Apple Watch into a remote shutter for apps like Snapchat and Camera+. Instead of using the remote shutter app, you can actually use the volume slider in Music glance to snap pictures with your iPhone.

It’s super easy. Just follow these steps:

  • Open Snapchat or Camera+ on your iPhone
  • Launch into the main camera view.
  • Swipe up on your Apple Watch to bring up glances
  • Swipe into the Music glance
  • Turn the Digital Crown or press Volume + to snap pic remotely

Oddly, the trick doesn’t work with the native iOS camera app. So far we’ve only been able to get the trick to work with Snapchat and Camera+, but there could be other apps that support it.

Via: Reddit

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