Blackmagic Camera iOS 2.1 released with iPhone 16 Camera Control support and more

Blackmagic has released the latest version of its popular free iOS app, Blackmagic Camera 2.1, unleashing the Camera Control button on iPhone 16 models. It joins last weeks' v1.4 Android update.

Some fun new stuff on the latest drop of the Blackmagic Camera app for iOS to hit the App Store. Unsurprisingly, it's added support for the new Camera Control button on the iPhone 16 series phones, and the ability to use it to control zoom, exposure bias, focus, ISO and other settings.

You can also now record audio while capturing off-speed clips and have an improved range of bit rate options when recording to H.264 and H.265.

Here's what's new. And below that we have the updates for the latest 1.4 release for Android which, mea culpa, we missed when it dropped itself last week.

What's new in Blackmagic Camera 2.1

• Support for launching and recording using the Camera Control on iPhone 16.
• Ability to control zoom, exposure bias, focus, ISO and other settings using Camera Control on iPhone 16.
• Ability to launch the app from Control Center, the Lock Screen, or the Camera Control button.
• Support for logging in to Blackmagic Cloud organization accounts.
• Display time-lapse frequency and duration timecode on the overlay during recording.
• Off-speed recording now includes audio.
• Improved overlays to indicate when off-speed mode is active.
• Option to limit HDMI monitoring to HD resolution.
• HDMI monitoring preview now remains active on all pages.
• Bit rate options when recording to H.264 and H.265 codecs.
• Support for DockKit compatible iPhone accessories.
• Improved timecode accuracy for Tentacle sync devices.
• Improved performance for recording high speed ProRes 4K clips on iPhone 16 Pro models.
• Improved remote monitoring performance when recording with proxies.
• Switching to front facing camera when recording now captures with the correct orientation.
• General performance and stability improvements.

What's new in Blackmagic Camera 1.4

• Audio monitoring while recording.
• Support for Bluetooth microphones.
• Support for Tentacle Sync for recording timecode sync.
• Recording bit rate options for H.264 and H.265 codecs.
• Support for compatible Oppo devices.
• Support Sony Xperia series 1, 5 and Pro-I devices.
• General performance and stability improvements.

As ever, both versions are free to download from their respective app stores.