iPhone Photography

Add the Pixel “Add Me” Feature to Your iPhone (or iPad)

It’s a great feature, so here’s how to add it to your iPhone/iPad

Add Me Feature (created by author on ChatGPT 4)

There’s a group of you and you want to be in the photo. You would rather not trust a stranger with your phone, and the timer-delay feature is fiddly.

Those clever people at Google found a better way. Take the photo and ask someone in the group to photograph you, not a stranger. The Pixel does the rest.

A simple Apple shortcut can do the same for iPhone or iPad users. I step you through creating it (including a video), and talk you through using it. If you would rather not write it, you can download it from my iCloud.

About Apple Shortcuts

Apple Shortcuts is available on iPhone, iPad, and the Mac. It’s a simple way to automate iPhone activities requiring multiple steps.

There is a Shortcuts “Action” for almost anything you can do on an iPhone or iPad. Find the right actions and put them in a shortcut. Instead of doing everything yourself, just run the shortcut. It also ensures nothing is forgotten.

In this case, we will automate taking two photos and combining them. If you don’t want to create the shortcut, you can…