In the real earth, people are used to seeing themselves in mirrors, and thus the mind is ready up to adopt this version. Therefore, the real-fourth dimension iPhone photographic camera screen shows you a mirrored version of yourself (which is really imitation). But the terminal paradigm in the Photos app flips back to normal (which is real).

As a result, after snapping a selfie on your iPhone, you lot might notice that the saved image in the Photos app isn't exactly how y'all saw it in the camera. And in many cases, you may even dislike the last picture.

To fix this, you can enable an selection that ensures the selfies don't appear flipped and look identical to what yous see in the photographic camera when taking the picture. We'll bear witness you how beneath.

How to Have a Mirrored Selfie on iPhone

Hither are the steps to stop selfies from flipping, mirroring, or turning effectually automatically on an iPhone running iOS fourteen or later:

  1. Open up Settings and tap Photographic camera.
  2. Plow on the switch for Mirror Front Camera or Mirror Front Photos.
  3. Open the Camera app and switch to the front camera to take mirrored selfies.

Please annotation that this setting applies to both photos and videos you take using the front photographic camera on an iPhone XS, XR, and later. On the iPhone 6S up to iPhone X, it applies only to photos. Videos will continue to flip.

What to Do on iOS xiii and Earlier or iPhone 6 and Earlier?

Mirrored selfies are simply available on iPhones running iOS 14 and later. If y'all have iPhone 6 or earlier, this feature isn't available as these devices are incompatible with iOS 14.

Therefore, on an old iPhone or one running iOS 13 and earlier, you'll take to flip the photos manually. You can exercise this using the editing tools in the congenital-in iOS Photos app or via third-party apps.

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Ankur Thakur (39 Articles Published)

Ankur has been an Apple user for more than seven years and focuses on iPhone how-tos, fixes, and tips. When non writing, he likes to watch The Office repeatedly. Ankur also loves tech videos, comedy and romantic movies, one-time songs, pizza, and craven.

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