iPhone 13 magnifier app uses front facing camera

Kindly disregard—figured it out myself. Oi!

My wife uses the iPhone 13 Pro Max (my old phone). Tonight she opened the Magnifier app and saw her own magnified face on the screen. We can’t see any way to switch back to use the rear–facing camera. Anyone … ?

Related question: Why would anyone want to use the front–facing camera with this app?

iPhone 16 Pro Max

Posted on Sep 29, 2025 5:54 PM

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