{"id":226027,"date":"2026-03-21T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/iphone-18-pro-camera-may-come-with-pro-software-apple-considered-buying-halide\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:15:08","slug":"iphone-18-pro-camera-may-come-with-pro-software-apple-considered-buying-halide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/iphone-18-pro-camera-may-come-with-pro-software-apple-considered-buying-halide\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Pro camera may come with pro software, Apple considered buying Halide"},"content":{"rendered":"

iPhone 18 Pro camera may come with pro software, Apple considered buying Halide<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/21\/iphone-18-pro-camera-hardware-may-come-with-pro-software-apple-considered-buying-studio-behind-halide\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-21 10:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: 9to5mac.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Two months ago, Halide cofounder and designer Sebastiaan de With made a surprise announcement that he was joining Apple\u2019s design team.<\/p>\n

It turns out the move came after Apple initially expressed interest in buying Lux Optics, the app development studio behind the pro camera app.<\/p>\n

Apple reportedly wants to bring more pro camera features to its software as the iPhone 18 Pro camera hardware goes higher end this year.<\/p>\n

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Apple planning iPhone 18 Pro camera software upgrade<\/h2>\n

Aaron Tilley reports for The Information that Apple held talks to acquire Lux Optics last summer.<\/p>\n

Lux Optics makes Halide, the popular third-party photography app, as well as Kino for shooting video, Spectre for long exposure shots, and Orion for turning an iPad into an external HDMI monitor.<\/p>\n

Sadly, public knowledge of Apple\u2019s interest in acquiring Lux Optics surfaced in a lawsuit filed against de With by cofounder Ben Sandofsky.<\/p>\n

As far as Apple\u2019s acquisition interests go, however, the lawsuit claims that the company was interested in Lux Optics\u2019 intellectual property:<\/p>\n

The acquisition of Lux, whose Halide app gives users more precise manual control over the iPhone camera\u2019s hardware, could have helped Apple accelerate its e\ufb00orts to improve its built-in camera app, a top priority for the company right now.<\/p>\n

The camera in Apple\u2019s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models will begin to match
professional-grade cameras in terms of certain advanced features. As a result, the company is looking to give the built-in camera app on its smartphone an upgrade, people familiar with the e\ufb00ort said. The existing iPhone camera app contains mostly basic controls.<\/p>\n

Apple considered buying Halide, lawsuit claims<\/h2>\n

The Information says that talks between Apple and Lux Optics ended in September when the two cofounders agreed that future updates to Halide could increase the company\u2019s value.<\/p>\n

A month later, Sandofsky began investigating his cofounder over alleged misuse…<\/p>\n

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