Tips to open the most recent photo on iPhone very quickly

Long-pressing an app icon on your iPhone will give you more options. Long-pressing an app icon gives you a variety of actions in a flash, instead of the traditional action of opening recently viewed photos in your iPhone album. Here's how to open your most recent photos on your iPhone.

How to open most recent photo on iPhone

It's simple, just press and hold the Photos icon on your iPhone . At this point, you'll see a menu of options for the Photos app. Tap Most Recent in the menu that appears.

You will immediately see the most recently opened, newest photos on your iPhone photo album without having to perform many searches like before, or having to try to remember which photo was the most recently opened.

Micah Soto

Update 05 August 2025