The iOS 26 has a lot of new things coming, including hidden characteristics that you may not know. And, as more people use iOS 26 developer beta, the more we are learning about such things, when the last version can join the software when the final version falls on iPhones later this year.
It has also been learned that Apple iOS 26 also appears to increase the capabilities of existing features. As Two reports From macrumors, Apple is expanding the cinematic mode and audio mix in the third-party apps, which means that you should be able to reach both facilities at places other than the Apple camera and photo app.
Audio mixture
The audio mix iPhone 16 is particularly an AI feature for the family, including the iPhone 16E. The idea behind this is that you can edit the sound of a video after it is recorded, allowing you to change things like background noise levels or improve the amount of people speaking.
The iOS 26 beta allows the third-side apps to offer the same audio mix feature that was exclusive to the Apple Photo App. According to macromors, it will begin with the third-party apps on Macos Taho, and it is not clear that other iPhone 16 apps will get the same upgrade.
After “standard” there are three additional settings on offers with audio mix, the official term for the original recorded audio.
In-frame Nothing reduces sounds and voice from anything that cannot be seen on camera, while Studio The background reduces noise and reverb – the way to mimic the audio voice when recorded in a professional studio setting. Cinematic, As the name suggests, it is to follow the audio from films. This means that voices are on the front track, while the background noise is left around.
The video should be recorded with spatial audio, which is capable by default on the iPhone 16. So if you close it, you want to dive into the settings and switch it back.
Cinematic genre
Cinematic mode is very less restrictive, in which it is already available for a few years and can be found on several generations of iPhone. Back to the iPhone 13 series in all ways, really.
Initially, the cinematic mode can only be recorded in the Apple Camera App, with the Apple iOS 17 connects third-party editing and playback. But as WWDC 2025, Apple has released a new APL that allows third-party apps to record footage and at the same time provides an all-in-one cinematic mode experience.
Cinematic mode was created after the way Hollywood films are shot, and uses something called “rack focus” to move the focus from one subject to another and more originally from one subject, which is all accompanied by the effect of a depth area.
The APK is still new, so it is not clear which apps will actually implement this new feature. What do we know that iOS 26 will be the software that makes the third-party cinematic mode possible.
