The newest app to introduce dual camera capabilities is Snapchat. The “Dual Camera” recording functionality that the app showcased during its Partner Summit earlier this year is now available. Users can now concurrently use the front-facing and rear cameras on their phones to take photos and videos. It is now accessible on iOS for iPhone XS and subsequent devices. (According to Snap, Dual Camera won’t be accessible on Android for some time.)

When teasing the feature for the first time in April, the business stated the new video option will be a part of a collection of more sophisticated tools for producers dubbed “director mode.” However, director mode has not yet been released. The idea of simultaneously recording content with both of a device’s cameras is not new; the short successful app Frontback tried it out about 10 years ago. However, with the popularity of the selfie app BeReal, the idea has gained greater traction recently. In contrast to previous apps, which were primarily concerned with selfies, Snapchat’s approach to the function is rather different.

Users who have Snapchat’s Dual Camera feature enabled can simultaneously record video with both cameras and alter the order of the two movies. A picture-in-picture style, a cutout mode, and a split-screen version are all available. The split-screen version places each camera on one side of the screen, simulating TikTok’s green screen. Snapchat’s renowned augmented reality lenses are also supported by Dual Camera mode, however, at the moment the effects can only be added after the fact. Other businesses are experimenting with dual-camera recording besides Snap. Candid Challenges, a twin camera system that Instagram is also exploring, is now an “internal prototype,” the company said last week.