| Take Wide-Angle or Long-Focus Photos |
The zoom capabilities of your device's camera allow you to capture more of a scene, or distant vistas.
Take Automatic Wide Angle Selfie Shots
When the front camera of your device detects multiple people in the frame, it will automatically switch to the wide angle to fit more people into your photo.
Open Camera, touch Photo or Portrait (or Beauty) (depending on your device model), and touch
to switch to the front camera.After you switch your device from portrait to landscape orientation, the camera will automatically switch to Wide-angle mode. When there are three or more people in the viewfinder, the camera will automatically switch to the widest angle in Wide-angle mode.
You can also drag the zoom ring in the viewfinder to manually switch between zoom levels.
Touch
to take a photo.
Take Photos from Far Away
Open Camera and select Photo mode.
Point the camera at a distant subject and zoom in or out using the side bar or by pinching or spreading two fingers on the screen.
If your device supports zooming in more than 15X, a picture-in-picture preview frame will be displayed in the viewfinder to help you focus on your subject when you zoom in more than 15X.
Some products do not support the picture-in-picture preview frame.
In the viewfinder, touch where you want to focus, and touch
to shoot when the subject is in focus.