iPhone 8 will have a 'SmartCam,' according to leaked code

New details about the iPhone 8 have been revealed every day so far this week, thanks to engineers who discovered clues about the new Apple handset in leaked code for the firm's upcoming HomePod speaker - and now another likely feature has just been reported. The iPhone 8 camera may introduce support for a new'SmartCam' scene selection feature that would be used to intelligently capture the best photos when shooting specific scenes like fireworks and sunsets, according to one engineer. Guilherme Rambo, who found code suggesting the new photography feature in the leaked HomePod software, also discovered code that references authenticating Apple Pay with facial recognition. The iPhone 8 camera may introduce support for a new'SmartCam' scene selection feature that would be used to intelligently capture the best photos when shooting specific scenes like fireworks and sunsets, according to one engineer The code for the SmartCam suggests an array of scenes including Fireworks, Baby, Bright Stage, Document, Foliage. It's assumed the camera would detect objects in the scene to automatically apply the best setting - Apple already uses this type of image recognition to automatically sort photos in Memories and locate photos in Search.