Camera view remains vertical when screen mirroring to TV on iOS 27

I’m experiencing exactly the same issue on both my iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro after upgrading to iOS 27.

Interestingly, a similar issue occasionally occurred on iOS 26, particularly when using the native Camera app in Video mode while screen mirroring to Apple TV. However, I was always able to work around it by switching from Video → Photo → Video. This would correctly rotate the mirrored camera view into landscape orientation.

Unfortunately, since upgrading to iOS 27, this workaround no longer works at all.

The Camera app’s interface appears to rotate correctly when I turn my iPhone horizontally, but the mirrored display on Apple TV remains stuck in portrait orientation. Other apps, such as Safari, rotate correctly without any issues.

What’s particularly interesting is that Blackmagic Camera works perfectly fine in the exact same setup. When I use Blackmagic Camera and mirror my iPhone to Apple TV via AirPlay, the TV display rotates correctly into landscape orientation, exactly as expected.

This strongly suggests that the issue is specific to Apple’s native Camera app rather than AirPlay, Apple TV, or the iPhone’s orientation settings.

I personally prefer using Apple’s native Camera app, especially for its video quality and Dolby Vision HDR capabilities. However, I’m now forced to use Blackmagic Camera simply because it handles landscape screen mirroring correctly.

I really hope Apple investigates and fixes this issue in an upcoming iOS 27 update. Landscape camera mirroring is an important feature for my use case, and losing functionality that previously worked is extremely frustrating.

I too used the camera app in landscape but since upgrading to ios 27.0 with iPhone 17 pro max, it does not go into landscape. Sure BlackMagic and Final Cut cameras go into landscape just fine but after using the default camera app for so many years now, they want to take it off. This makes me want to switch to Samsung now just because of it. I use it for class but now can't. It did work on 26 iOS and all the previous iOS versions. Also called apple and they said that they don't support it anymore. I asked a youtuber to check his 18 pro max to see and his goes in landscape. it only works for the new device on 27.0 iOS. They don't care about the older iPhones when the new ones get it release seems like it.

If by Camera, you mean the Photos app, and your photos are no longer displaying in landscape orientation on your TV when you use Screen Mirroring, there are a few things we need to clarify before identifying the cause.

First, I am not sure whether you are mirroring your iPhone's screen to the TV using AirPlay wirelessly or a cable. The method you use is important when troubleshooting this issue.

Under normal circumstances, when you use Screen Mirroring to display your iPhone's screen on a TV, the TV mirrors the content displayed on your iPhone. For example, if you open a photo that was captured in landscape orientation, the photo should retain its original orientation. Rotating your iPhone does not change the orientation in which the photo was captured or stored.

However, there is an important distinction between the orientation of the photo itself and the orientation of the iPhone's screen. A landscape photo can remain a landscape photo even when the Photos app or the mirrored iPhone screen is displayed vertically. Similarly, rotating your iPhone does not necessarily force the TV to change its display orientation.

If you are using AirPlay and notice that the symbols or controls on your iPhone rotate when you turn the device, but the TV continues displaying the mirrored screen vertically, this may indicate that the iPhone's screen orientation and the TV's display orientation are not changing in the way you expect. The exact behaviour can depend on the iPhone, the TV, and how AirPlay is handling the display.

To understand your issue more clearly, could you please confirm two things?

1. Are you using AirPlay (wireless Screen Mirroring) or connecting your iPhone to the TV using a cable?
2. When you open a landscape photo in the Photos app, does the photo itself appear vertically on the TV, or does the entire mirrored iPhone screen remain in portrait orientation?

These details will help distinguish a problem with the photo's display from an issue with screen orientation during mirroring.

I'm glad it is not just me. I need to use a TV as a monitor while I video some things with my iPhone camera. However, even doing all of the suggestions (make sure the Portrait Lock is off, try to have the Camera in Landscape when you enter screen mirror mode, etc.) it stays in Portrait mode on the TV. Yet other camera apps such as Black Magic work just fine. And it worked before. Something has been broken.

I am having the exact same problem. I’ve tried all the suggestions to fix it except reset all settings. Going to try that next since nothing else is working. This is so frustrating. I see ppl mentioning the Black Magic camera, i will try that if all else fails until Apple fixes this issue. Glad I’m not the only one experiencing this issue.

No, I in fact do not mean the photos app. I mean sharing the screen via the native screen mirroring function and then displaying the camera app. I share it to my screen for certain camera work so I can have a large live display. It would rotate into landscape in prior version of iOS. After, 27 it does not, it only displays vertical with the what the camera is seeing displayed sideways. And yes I obviously checked if orientation lock was on.

Oh my god I have the same issue I’ve literally just noticed this. Even if I use my lightening cable to mirror to the TV via HDMI without using Apple TV it still doesn’t switch to landscape mode. What the hells the point of Apple IOS upgrades if they break features that didn’t need fixing. 😓😓😓

ryanccon wrote:

Finally someone with the same issue has noticed. I really hope apple reverts this change.

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Finally someone with the same issue has noticed. I really hope apple reverts this change.

Same problem here! I use mirroring while I use camera for my tutorial! This bug is very frustrating... and is still present on iOs 27.2