The new software version of iOS 17 introduces some really useful functionality in Photos.
Apple has announced iOS 17 during its WWDC 2023 with exciting news and secret features that will delight iPhone users. The arrival of iOS 17 it will completely revolutionize the way we use the iPhone, especially with tools as useful and convenient as the one we are highlighting in this post.
The iOS 17 Photos app has received a series of changes that complement its user experience. One of these new functions offers the possibility of crop images more comfortably thanks to a new button that appears when you zoom in on a photo. Do you want to know how it works? We explain it below.
This is how the new iOS 17 tool works to crop images in Photos
From now on, if you install iOS 17 on your iPhone, you will be able to access the new Photos tool through which it is possible to zoom in on an image and click on the new “Crop” button that appears in the upper right corner of the application (see screenshot). Once this is done, Photos will automatically recognize the box that you want to crop with the zoom that you have previously done.
The Photos app includes a shortcut for cropping images
Once you have clicked on the iOS 17 Crop button, you just have to click on “OKAY” and ready. It is definitely one of those Little things that make a difference between a good operating system and an excellent operating system.
In previous versions of the mobile operating system for iPhone such as iOS 16, the mechanism for cropping an image or photo consists of three steps: Click on the Edit button, select the crop tool and adjust the crop box.
Thanks to the incorporation of the new quick cropping tool in iOS 17 you will be able to skip these three steps and crop your photos more easily and comfortably. It’s an ideal novelty for sharing stories on social media apps or just adjusting the crop to send a picture to your friends and family.