How to use the Live Text feature on your iPhone
Big Tech Apple How to use the Live Text feature on your iPhone Live Text makes it easy to interact with text you see anywhere by pointing your iPhone's camera at it. 27, 2026 8:45 am EST vfhnb12/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover A feature called Live Text leverages your iPhone's camera to instantly interact with text you point at. It's available on iPhones back to the XS line running iOS 15 and later.
- ▪Big Tech Apple How to use the Live Text feature on your iPhone Live Text makes it easy to interact with text you see anywhere by pointing your iPhone's camera at it.
- ▪27, 2026 8:45 am EST vfhnb12/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover A feature called Live Text leverages your iPhone's camera to instantly interact with text you point at.
- ▪It's available on iPhones back to the XS line running iOS 15 and later.
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| Original publisher | Engadget |
| Canonical URL | https://www.engadget.com/2266810/how-to-use-live-text-feature-iphone/ |
| Publication time | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 |
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Big Tech Apple How to use the Live Text feature on your iPhone Live Text makes it easy to interact with text you see anywhere by pointing your iPhone's camera at it. By Christine Persaud Sept. 27, 2026 8:45 am EST vfhnb12/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover A feature called Live Text leverages your iPhone's camera to instantly interact with text you point at. It's available on iPhones back to the XS line running iOS 15 and later. When viewing a website, sign, poster, flyer or nearly else in your camera frame, you can copy or share it, look up information or even translate. It's similar to the Visual Intelligence feature, but doesn't require an iPhone compatible with Apple Intelligence and is limited to interacting with text.
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