I tried out iPhone 17 Dual Capture — here's what it can and can't do

During the iPhone Air presentation of Apple’s ‘Awe Dropping’ event, the company formally introduced its new Dual Capture feature. The demonstration showed off the iPhone Air recording video with its front and rear cameras all simultaneously.

While this might be perceived as a new feature, this ability to record video using two cameras on an iPhone is nothing really new, as Apple introduced an API with iOS 13 called multi-capture. Plus, many of the best Android phones have long offered a similar feature.

The only difference with Dual Capture versus multi-capture is that it’s now available natively through the iPhone camera app, whereas multi-capture was accessible through third-party apps like DoubleTake by FilmMic Pro.

I got to try out Dual Capture during my hands-on time, and even thou