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iPhones to Get New Video Features That Android Switchers Will Love

iOS 13 to finally bring more advanced video editing

Jun 17, 2019 08:45 GMT  ·  By
Editing a video right now on an iPhone can barely be called editing
   Editing a video right now on an iPhone can barely be called editing

The next version of iOS will bring more advanced video editing capabilities to iPhones, a feature that many users coming from Android missed when making the switch.

Right now, iOS 12 comes with only basic options for video editing, despite Apple providing many more features for photos.

For example, if you want to edit a video on an iPhone, the only thing you can do right now is to actually trim it, while for photos, you get the following options:  

Crop and rotate
Filters
Light, color, and B&W adjustments
On the other hand, Android users get many more options when it comes to video editing, including the following tools:  
Crop and trim
Resolution editor
Filters and effects
Eye, sim face, skin tone adjustments (when available)
Stickers
Background music and sound options

More options coming in iOS 13

And as it turns out, Apple wants to finally improve its video editor as well with the release of iOS 13 in the fall, and as per CultOfMac, users will be provided with several new options, including the following:  

Crop and trim
Rotation
Filters and effects
Color adjustments
Save as copy
As you can see, the plan appears to be providing users with a more advanced video editing experience similar to the one on Android, albeit more complex edits would still require dedicated software that you can install from the App Store.

However, more video editing options are without a doubt welcome especially for Android switchers, which according to third-party statistics, represent a part of the user base that keeps growing in the Apple ecosystem.

For example, Android switchers represented 16 percent of iPhone buyers in the first month after the launch of iPhone XR, which means the number of users making the switch increased by 33 percent from the first month on the market of the iPhone 8.