While researching this, I found many user complaints, including some on Apple’s support site.
People more focused on using Messages as an SMS-like tool are likely to be confused by this change. Here’s how to understand, manage, and control what gets saved where and what doesn’t get saved in Messages Photos. But if you use the full camera app, it does. Messages in iOS 10 changes a fundamental way your iPhone (or iPad) camera works: if you take a photo from the mini-camera widget, it doesn’t save to your camera roll.
