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My iPhone stops playing music when taking photos?!

HI there...


My iPhone 6S seems to stop playing music both from iTunes or Spotify when I open the camera to take a photograph. I assumed there would be some obvious way to allow it to continue playing. It's a bit annoying to be honest! I just want to continue listening to my music whilst taking photogrsphs...


I can't find anything on the web... Or on here... Can't find anything on the phone... It didn't happen with my iPhone 5...


If anybody knows anything or has any idea if this is actually a design feature or just annoying I'd appreciate any advice!


Cheers! 🙂


Kev


iphone 6S iOSX 9.0.1

Posted on Sep 25, 2015 2:21 PM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2015 8:53 PM

I have the same issue. This needs to be fixed.

164 replies

Nov 13, 2015 5:37 AM in response to Kjzee

I feel the "stopping audio" while camera is open is foolish! I, too, go walking around, and love taking photos, and I do listen to music sometimes while doing so. What's funny, is that when I open Flickr and Snapchat's camera, the music DOESN'T stop, but because of the "Live" feature, that is as useless to me as the HTC EVO 3D's 3D camera was. The Live feature actually annoys me, and it just takes more space on your phone, when it's accidentally turned on, and when zooming in on the photos, it's annoying, as it tries to play the "live" portion of it depending on how you touch it.


PLEASE, Apple...put the option back on to have music while we take photos when "Live" is off! I don't see why you can come up with this ever so advanced technology, but can't simply give us the option to have the music while taking photos! It's like Costco making you select from one or two brands of a product to purchase, even though they have the power to sell ten different brands! Complying with this is irritable!

Nov 22, 2015 9:27 AM in response to Chérie Amour

Completely agree. This is a standard feature since the first phone. Why go backward? I use it every day and it also fails to shoot when you are using phone apps like What'sApp, it pauses the call while you shoot. As I'm a photographer i see images all the time and if I happen to see one while jogging and listening to music I need this feature to work. No need for people to comment on issues unrelated to their needs, or limited worldview.

My iPhone stops playing music when taking photos?!

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