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# activeVideoStabilizationMode

The connection’s current stabilization mode.

```
var activeVideoStabilizationMode: AVCaptureVideoStabilizationMode { get }
```

## Discussion

The property only applies to a video connection, and it explicitly indicates whether it’s using stabilization, which means the value is never [`AVCaptureVideoStabilizationMode.auto`](/documentation/AVFoundation/AVCaptureVideoStabilizationMode/auto).

> Note:
> Devices with a video stabilization feature may only support a subset of available source formats.

You can monitor this property to detect when the connection applies video stabilization to its video data with key-value observation. See <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/ObjectiveC/nskeyvalueobserving> and <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/using-key-value-observing-in-swift> for more information.

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