This Samsung camera hack will change the way you take selfies forever

This Samsung photographic camera hack will change the way you take selfies forever

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Whether you're running a Samsung Galaxy S21, Z Fold 3, or 1 of the other best Samsung phones, the Camera app on Galaxy smartphones contains some tucked-away features that brand taking selfies a cinch.

Taking selfies on Samsung Galaxy phones the regular way isn't exactly difficult — you simply tap the shutter push button, like on any other phone — but Samsung has some cool additional methods that make it even easier, specially when taking grouping shots. For case, you tin can merely hold upwards your hand to trigger the camera, or say "cheese."

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Absurd, right? And it really is very simple to exercise — in fact I spent half of my Christmas taking selfies with my family this manner. Then here'south how to actuate hidden selfie features on Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

i. Open the Camera app, and so tap the cog in the tiptop-left corner.

A screenshot from the Samsung camera app showing the settings cogwheel highlighted — (Image credit: Samsung)

2. Coil to the bottom and tap "Shooting methods."

A screenshot from the Samsung camera app settings menu showing the Shooting Methods option highlighted — (Prototype credit: Samsung)

3. Tap the toggles adjacent to "Voice commands" and "Evidence palm" to plow the features on.

A screenshot from the Samsung camera app settings menu showing the Show Palm and Voice Commands options highlighted — (Image credit: Samsung)

And that's it. To test it out, endeavor saying "smile," "cheese," capture," or "shoot" to take a photo — this works with both the front and rear-facing cameras. To take a selfie or record a video using gestures, but hold up your palm to the front-facing camera.

If yous want to take your selfie game even farther, bank check out our guide to the best ring lights for phones. Or if you lot want to go the most out of Google Assistant on Android, see what we think are the all-time Google Assistant commands. And whether your telephone is brand new or you've had it a while, take a look at what we retrieve is the first app you should install on your Samsung Galaxy phone.

Dale Fox is How-to Editor at Tom'due south Guide, helping people become the most out of their applied science. He's been a tech nerd always since babyhood, when he used the coin from his first task as a paperboy to purchase a subscription to GamesMaster mag, and has a whole room at home dedicated equally a shrine to the countless gadgets he'south purchased over the decades. Dale was previously a presenter, reporter and editor in Prc, where he also worked equally a copywriter for OnePlus at its Shenzhen HQ.