I Made My iPhone's Photo App So Much Better With This One Change
Published on: 2025-05-25 18:00:03
In iOS 18 there's a hidden way to sort your photos so the most recently saved pic will show up in the bottom of the grid, no matter when the photo was taken, and it's my favorite setting in the new Photos app.
When iOS 18 launched in September, the update included a revamped Photos app that brought more collections and albums to the forefront of the app. You could still access a grid filled with all your photos if you swiped down. But these weren't my favorite changes. Instead, sorting photos by when they were added to Photos is the top of my list.
Read more: An Expert's Guide to iOS 18
Before, if someone sent me a photo and I saved it, the photo would be placed in chronological order — based on when the picture was taken — alongside all my other photos by default. So if a family member sent me a photo from last summer and I saved it, the photo would be lost in a sea of other photos.
I'd scroll through hundreds of pics and videos to find it, and sometimes I'd give up. But I found a
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