Holding the measurement button pressed puts the tool in measurement mode and when it’s level, the LED turns blue and the LCD display freezes so you can make a note of the height.

Apple’s smartphones have a measuring tool that can accurately tell you someone height just by taking a photo. It’s compatible with phones as old as the iPhone SE or iPhone 6S, so long as they ...

AirMeasure offers three modes of measurement: Point and Shoot, Air Mode, and Surface Locked Mode. This app is great for measuring rooms, furniture, and complex objects both indoors and outdoors.

The iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max’s LiDAR senor enables all sorts of cool camera features, like finding the dimensions of a room or turning real-world objects into 3D models. It’s also ...

Each of the tools is embedded with sensors that measure a linear distance or radial angle. The calliper, for example, uses the same components as a typical digital calliper, but the team hacked it ...

You can even measure an object that doesn’t fit in the screen of your iPhone this way – tap on one side, move your phone right over to the other side, and then tap again.