More details about the presumed capture button for the iPhone 16 series are revealed in a recent story published by The Information. The article claims that users would be able to “zoom in and out by swiping left and right on it” since the capture button will react to both touch and pressure.

According to the report, Apple now intends to include the capture on the whole iPhone 16 lineup. According to reports, the button is mechanical rather than solid state, meaning that pressing it will cause it to move. This button looks like the other buttons on the iPhone right now.

You can zoom in and out of the image despite the capture button’s mechanical nature because its surface responds to touch input. According to the article, the button would react to pressure as well. It will be possible for users to “activate the shutter by pressing more firmly on the button and bring images into focus by pressing it lightly.”

There are “no other planned cosmetic changes that would distinguish the iPhone 16 from the previous model,” the report continues. However, there is a report that the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will be marginally larger than their predecessors.

As for Apple’s plans to replace the iPhone 15’s capacitive buttons, the story from today claims that such plans were shelved because of “quality challenges and because the haptic vibrations themselves did not meet its standards.”

The capture button seems to be much more helpful now that this rumor has surfaced. The swipe motion on AirPods Pro to change the volume settings sounds a lot like the motions used to zoom in and out. Include me.