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iOS 26 Allows Cinematic Mode Video Recording in Third-Party Apps


Apple is making Cinematic mode video capture available beyond its Camera app on the iPhone. In a WWDC 2025 session earlier this month, Apple...

Inspired by Hollywood films, the mode allows users to record video with a shallow depth of field and automatic focus changes between subjects. Chris Messina (via TechCrunch) and Spicetify (via The Verge) spotted new lossless references within the code for Spotify's desktop app and web player. Every year between 2015 and 2024, at least one Apple executive agreed to be interviewed by Daring Fireball's John Gruber for a special WWDC episode of his podcast, The Talk Show.

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