Selfies

Applying skin touch-ups with Live Makeup

Touch up your skin before taking your selfie. Live Makeup smoothens your skin in real time.

Important: Live Makeup is disabled when auto HDR is on.

On the Home screen, tap the camera icon to open the Camera app.
Switch to Selfie Photo mode. See Choosing a capture mode for details.
If you don't see the Live Makeup adjustment bar on the Viewfinder screen, tap to open the slideout menu, and then tap .
To change the skin smoothing level, drag the adjustment bar slider.

Tip: Next time you want to take selfies without using Live Makeup, tap

to open the slideout menu, and then tap

to turn Live Makeup off.

Keep still to take an auto selfie—or just smile! You just need to turn this feature on in the camera settings.

On the Home screen, tap the camera icon to open the Camera app.
Switch to Selfie Photo mode. See Choosing a capture mode for details.
Tap to open the slideout menu.
Tap Settings > Camera options.
Select the Auto selfie capture option, and then tap outside the slideout menu to close it.
Pose and frame yourself on the Viewfinder screen.
To take your selfie automatically, look at the front camera, and then:
- Stay still until the white box turns green on the Viewfinder screen.
- Or smile at the camera. Hold your smile for a few seconds until your shot is taken.

You can easily take photo or video selfies using simple voice commands. You just need to turn this feature on in the camera settings.

Note: This feature may not be available in all languages.

On the Home screen, tap the camera icon to open the Camera app.
Switch to Selfie Photo or Selfie Video mode. See Choosing a capture mode for details.
Tap to open the slideout menu.
Tap Settings > Camera options.
Select the Voice capture option, and then tap outside the slideout menu to close it.
Pose and frame yourself on the Viewfinder screen.
Look at the front camera, and then:
- Say Cheese or Capture to take a photo selfie.
- Say Action or Rolling to record a video selfie.

Tip: You can also use voice commands with the main camera. Switch to Photo mode, and then select the Voice capture option in the camera settings.

When you use the self-timer, the Camera app counts down before taking the shot. You can set the countdown time.

On the Home screen, tap the camera icon to open the Camera app.
Choose the capture mode you want to use. See Choosing a capture mode for details.
Tap to open the slideout menu.
Tap Timer to set the countdown time.
To start the timer, tap . The camera takes the photo after the countdown.

Do you want the angle of your shots to look exactly the same as how you see yourself on the Viewfinder screen?

Switch to Selfie Photo mode. To find out how to switch between capture modes, see Choosing a capture mode.
Tap to open the slideout menu.
Tap Settings > Camera options.
Make sure the Save mirrored selfies option is selected.