General settings

Use mirroring for selfies

With the front camera, when you look at the screen to take a selfie, you'll see a mirror image: left and right are reversed, and text looks backwards.

You can change if the selfies you take match the screen or are flipped:

  1. Tap ,

  2. For Selfie mirror:

    • If you want selfies to match what the screen, turn it on .
    • If you want text in photos to read normally and the image to be flipped, turn it off .

Choose how to capture photos

To adjust these settings, tap > Capture methods.

Show palm to take selfie

To have your camera to start a countdown timer when you raise your palm in a selfie, turn Gesture Selfie on .

Capture when everyone's smiling

To have your camera to take a photo when it sees someone smiling, turn Auto Smile Capture on .

For groups of two to five people, it will only take a photo when everyone is smiling.

Tap anywhere to capture

If you want to tap anywhere on the screen, not just on , turn Tap anywhere to capture on .

Get help with composition

Not available on moto g84 5G.

Let your camera improve your photography. When you take a photo, it can generate an alternative photo with well-balanced composition alongside your original. It will:

  • Level your shot
  • Apply the rule of thirds concept to offset your subject, drawing the viewer’s eye into the photo

Turn Smart Composition on .

Turn shutter sound on/off

This setting is not available in countries that require a shutter sound for privacy reasons.

  1. Tap .
  2. Turn Shutter sound on or off .

Use a grid or level for composition

  1. Tap > Capture Assistant.

  2. Adjust settings as needed:

    • To see a grid for better framing your shots, turn Assistive grid on .

    • To see a leveler, so you know when your shot is parallel to the horizon, turn Leveler on .

      When using the camera, you'll see three white lines in the middle of the screen. To make the lines meet, rotate your phone left and right. When you're level, the lines meet and turn blue.

    • To get rid of the grid or leveler, turn them off .

Turn twist gesture on/off

Open your camera instantly from any screen, even your lock screen, with Quick capture.

  1. Tap .
  2. Tap Quick capture and turn it on .
  3. Select whether to open the rear camera or the selfie camera.

If you don't want to use this gesture, turn Quick capture off .

Open camera to your last mode

You can set the camera to open to the last mode you used. Or, have it always open it in Photo mode.

  1. Tap .

  2. Adjust settings:

    • To have the camera open in the last mode you used, turn Keep last mode on .
    • To have the camera always open in Photo mode, turn Keep last mode off .

Use location tags

When you take photos or videos, you can embed data about the location where you took them.

  1. Tap .
  2. If your location is turned off, follow onscreen instructions to turn it on. Then tap to return to Settings in the Camera app.
  3. Turn Save location on .

Teach Google Assistant to recognize your voiceTeach Google Assistant to recognize your voice

If you need to teach Google Assistant to recognize your voice so you can capture photos and videos with voice commands:

  1. Open the Google app, then tap your profile icon > Settings > Google Assistant > Hey Google & Voice Match.

  2. Turn on Hey Google and follow the onscreen instructions to record your voice.