- Holding up an iPhone will trigger infra-red sensors installed at the venue
- These instruct the device to shut down its camera
The days of filming a live concert or sporting event on your iPhone may soon be a distant memory.
Apple is developing software that will sense when a smartphone user is trying to record a live event, and then switch off the device’s camera.
Anybody holding up their iPhone will find it triggers infra-red sensors installed at the venue.

On the way out? Apple is developing software that will sense when an iPhone user is recording a live event, and then switch off the device’s camera
These sensors would then automatically instruct the iPhone to shut down its camera function, preventing an footage from being recorded.


