You can use volume button to take photos in Galaxy S5.
As you already know that there is no dedicated (hardware) camera button in Galaxy S5.
Actually, most smartphones do not have hardware camera buttons nowadays. One reason is that smartphones are now touch based. Users may prefer on-screen software buttons instead of hardware buttons, which usually increase the manufacturing cost as well.
But you probably not know you can use volume button to take photos in Galaxy S5.
Of course, volume button is not a dedicated Galaxy S5 camera button. You can use volume button to take photos in Galaxy S5 only after the camera app is open.
How to use volume button to take photos in Galaxy S5?
To use volume button to take photos in Galaxy S5, you may follow these steps.
Step 1: Start Camera app.
Step 2: Enable the feature of using volume button to take photos
You can tap Settings icon —Volume key as shown below to access the settings for this feature.
In the pop out window as shown below, tap Take picture to enable this feature so that you can use volume button to take photos in Galaxy S5.
Step 3: Tap anywhere on the screen to return.
This setting is consistent. It means the settings will be used until you manually change it.
Step 4: Use volume button to take photos.
Now, whenever you are ready to take photos, you can use either the volume button or the on-screen camera button.
That’s it.
Other functions of volume button in Galaxy S5 camera app
As you noticed, the volume button can be assigned to other functions in Galaxy S5 camera app.
In addition to taking photos, you can use volume button to:
- Record video. Once you assign volume button to this function, pressing volume button will start to record the video, instead of taking photos.
- Zoom in or Zoom out the photo. As Galaxy S5 camera does not have optical zoom, this function is for digital zoom. You should seldom use it because it will may the photos very grainy.
Any other ways to take photos on Galaxy S5 without using on-screen camera button?
In addition to using volume button to take photos in Galaxy S5, you can use voice control (voice command) to take photos in Galaxy S5. Please check this guide on how to use Galaxy S5 camera voice control.
Can you use volume button to take photos in Galaxy S5?
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