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Legends20036 Author

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52 points

iOS 18 Disable Video Looping in Photos App?

I have been looking everywhere with no luck but thought I would ask here. Is there any way to disable the auto-looping of videos in the Photos app in iOS18? After upgrading now if I play a video to auto-repeats in an endless loop until you stop it where in the past it would stop at the end of the video.

I dislike this feature since I often show others videos on my phone and find it very annoying that the video instantaneously loops back to the beginning when it finishes playing. Sometimes this makes it hard to tell for sure if the video has finished or looped and it's always a nuisance if I need to talk to the person about the video once it finishes playing, especially if it happens to be a video that's quiet for a few seconds at the end and I've forgotten to close the Photos app.

Posted on Sep 18, 2024 7:33 AM

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Judd3180

Level 1

38 points

Posted on Sep 22, 2024 10:37 PM

Just talked to apple support and currently in 18 you can't disable it, but he suggested I leave a comment here to have them change it back in future versions.

Feedback - Photos - Apple

Maybe if we all do that, something might get done in the next version.

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Oct 23, 2024 6:00 PM in response to GeorgeAppleID

GeorgeAppleID wrote:

This comment by JC3476 would fix the whole issue for me. Thanks. He said ..

"iOS 18 — Disable auto video looping in Photo app!!! Add an option button to auto loop, but don’t make it the default. Plz."

Well, I hope JC3476 and you both told Apple you would like this. Telling other users in the user-to-user forum will not make it happen→Product Feedback - Apple

Oct 27, 2024 4:52 PM in response to SchPe

SchPe wrote:

Yes, very annoying

iOS 18 — Disable auto video looping in Photo app!!! Add an option button to auto loop, but don’t make it the default.

Didn’t get it with 18.0.1 … why???

Because Apple isn’t going to go to the expense and effort to fix a minor annoyance to a few users. It may be in a future update if thousands of users request it in https://apple.com/feedback, but just post in this user-to-user forum doesn’t move the needle. Have you provided feedback, for a start?

Nov 6, 2024 10:00 AM in response to -_cfb_-

-_cfb_- wrote:

I want to be able to turn auto looping videos on and off in iOS 18 and beyond. It is very annoying when the video keeps looping. It's as bad as Instagram when I don't know when something's over.

Have you told Apple that's what you'd like to see?

Product Feedback - Apple

Nov 13, 2024 7:17 AM in response to Lesrmedals

Lesrmedals wrote:

STOP VIDEO LOOPING NOW apple !

STOP WASTING YOUR TIME AND THE TIME OF OTHER USERS IN THIS USER TO USER FORUM WHERE APPLE DOES NOT PARTICIPATE.

TELL APPLE, RATHER THAN ANNOYING OTHER USERS→Product Feedback - Apple

Oct 7, 2024 8:17 PM in response to Legends20036

I agree so much that video looping which I can’t control needs to be changed. Please take this away that our videos keep replaying with this new iOS 18 update!

S55tve

Level 1

18 points

Oct 8, 2024 2:38 PM in response to Judd3180

Absolutely agree videos looping is most annoying. Please Apple stop this happening or put a toggle to have it as an option.

Oct 21, 2024 7:19 PM in response to LoveMaya

LoveMaya wrote:

Get rid of the video auto loop with the next update, please!!

I see you haven’t read the 6 pages of the thread you added to, either.

Dossi

Level 1

14 points

Oct 28, 2024 5:56 PM in response to basellis

very annoying, makes video editing almost impossible. Why no turn off option?

Oct 10, 2024 9:40 AM in response to Legends20036

I hate the looping video. I hate the teeny tiny display that I cannot see. (What happened to Apple’s ADA compliance team?) I hate the duplicate notifications of “comments” on shared photos. What an annoying mess this is. Constantly drawing my attention to this program makes me hate Apple. And I have used it since the beginning. Please restore some semblance of simplicity.

Oct 16, 2024 7:09 AM in response to Jentlricfbwkwk

Jentlricfbwkwk wrote:

These changes are entirely pointless, in some cases buggy, and do not benefit the end user! Fix the leaking roof of features that have needed fixing forever instead of moving the furniture around in the room and calling it a new house!

Why are you telling us? We can't do anything about it. Tell Apple using the Feedback link already provided.

Personally, I like the new version of Photos and find it much more user friendly. I'm not alone.

Oct 21, 2024 10:19 AM in response to MamaAlvarez

There are thousands of features that are “forced on users”, starting with the very first iPhone, which had thousands of features never before seen on a cell phone. Virtually every function an iPhone has (or an Android phone, for that matter) was “forced on users”.

And the simple solution is to hit the pause button when it restarts.

Oct 21, 2024 3:42 PM in response to JC3476

JC3476 wrote:

iOS 18 — Disable auto video looping in Photo app!!! Add an option button to auto loop, but don’t make it the default. Plz.

You would be enlightened by reading the 6 pages of the thread you just added to.

Oct 22, 2024 7:44 AM in response to LeinadB

LeinadB wrote:

Apple pls fix it asap.

Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. However, you can use the feedback previously provided in this thread to let them know your thoughts.

Oct 23, 2024 5:18 PM in response to JC3476

This comment by JC3476 would fix the whole issue for me. Thanks. He said ..

"iOS 18 — Disable auto video looping in Photo app!!! Add an option button to auto loop, but don’t make it the default. Plz."

Oct 27, 2024 6:00 PM in response to Legends20036

Legends20036 wrote:

Plenty of reasons. Often new connections don’t show unless you disable and then enable again. To disconnect multiple devices at one time. To stop a frozen connection easier than going into the individual connection with multiple extra touches.

Interesting that in 17 years of using iPhones, none of those issues has ever happened to me. I have never turned off Bluetooth for any reason, and all of my BT devices have always worked perfectly.

iOS 18 Disable Video Looping in Photos App?