The Camera app on a smartphone is often one of the most used apps on the device. You may have even found a combination of settings that allows you to take the best quality pictures in the shortest amount of time.
But if you often use the zoom function, then you may find the slider or screen-pinching option to be a little inconvenient. Fortunately Android Marshmallow allows you to customize some of the settings for the Camera app, and one of these settings will let you change the behavior of the volume buttons so that they can zoom in or zoom out. Our guide below will show you where to find this setting.
How to Zoom the Camera with the Volume Keys in Marshmallow
The steps in the article below are going to change the behavior of the volume buttons on the side of your Android Marshmallow phone so that they can be used to zoom in or zoom out when you have the Camera app open. The default behavior for these buttons is to take a picture, but you can able to switch it to zoom or even record video.
Step 1: Open the Camera app.
Step 2: Tap the gear icon at the top-left of the screen.
Step 3: Scroll down and choose the Volume keys function option.
Step 4: Select the Zoom option.
There are a number of other camera settings that you are able to adjust as well. For example, learn how to turn off the camera shutter sound if you find it to be annoying or distracting, and would prefer that your pictures be taken in silence.
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