Apple quietly yanked the night mode portrait feature from the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max without telling anyone why, and people only figured it out from forum posts complaining about missing camera options. The combo shot that lets users brighten dark portraits with blurred backgrounds has been around since the iPhone 12 Pro launched, but older phones running the latest iOS still have it while the newest flagships have lost it completely.
Apple support pages still claim the feature works on these devices even though it clearly doesn't anymore, and the company hasn't said anything about whether this is a bug or an intentional cut. The night mode portraits always had issues with grainy shots and motion blur, so maybe Apple decided to kill the feature rather than fix it.
Apple support pages still claim the feature works on these devices even though it clearly doesn't anymore, and the company hasn't said anything about whether this is a bug or an intentional cut. The night mode portraits always had issues with grainy shots and motion blur, so maybe Apple decided to kill the feature rather than fix it.
