Xiaomi Mobile: How to Take Pictures with the Fingerprint Reader

The camera is one of the key elements of our phones, and many of us use it several times a day. There are times when when taking a picture we could use a different button by the position of our fingers. That’s why we tell you how you can take pictures with the fingerprint reader of your Xiaomi mobile .

For some time now we have used fingerprint readers for more tasks than identifying ourselves. Its properties as a touch button allow us to perform other actions when pressed, as in this case with your Xiaomi mobile, which by the way, also has secret functions in its camera .xiaomi-take-picture

A different way of taking pictures

Of course the Xiaomi software layer has become one of the most popular and beloved in the market. In fact, it is one of the secrets that have made the Chinese firm one of the best sellers in the world. And that is thanks to MIUI , the software layer with which your phones are customized. This has its own camera app, which in turn allows us to take pictures with the fingerprint reader, using this as the shutter, which after all takes the picture when we press it.

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Well, this function is not activated by default, so we must activate it in the terminal settings. To do this we must open the camera, and pressing on the three horizontal stripes at the top a menu with different shooting modes and access to the camera settings is displayed . We enter these and slide the menu until we find a section called ” additional settings ” within which we find an option called ” fingerprint shutter ” which is what we must activate to be able to take pictures with the fingerprint reader.

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Once activated, when you have done the photo framing, you only have to press on the fingerprint reader once to take a picture, in the same way that a physical trigger button for the phone would work . Of course it is an excellent option for those cases in which it is not good for us to press on the button on the screen. For example in a selfie, where it is better to run your fingers behind the phone, this movement being more natural to make the shot. Of course, if this method of taking photos is not convincing you, or is no longer necessary, you only need to do the reverse process in order to deactivate this option and return to the usual shooting options.