Apple plans on‑device AI photo tools
- Bloomberg reported Apple is developing new Apple Intelligence photo-editing tools for iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27, including Extend, Enhance and Reframe. - The tools would sit in a new “Apple Intelligence Tools” section in Photos, with Extend expanding image edges and Reframe changing perspective. - The move would broaden Apple’s limited Photos AI beyond Clean Up before June’s developer conference. (bloomberg.com)
Apple is preparing a new set of Apple Intelligence photo-editing tools for the iPhone, iPad and Mac, according to Bloomberg. (bloomberg.com) Bloomberg reported on April 28 that Apple is building the features for iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27, with a release planned for this fall. (bloomberg.com) The new options are called Extend, Enhance and Reframe, and they would appear inside a new “Apple Intelligence Tools” area in the Photos editing interface. (macrumors.com) (9to5mac.com) Extend would generate image content beyond a photo’s original borders, filling in scenery when a user changes the crop. Enhance would automatically adjust color, lighting and similar image settings. (macrumors.com) Reframe is aimed at spatial photos, letting users change the apparent perspective after the image is captured. Spatial photos are images with depth information, like a scene photographed from slightly different angles. (macrumors.com) Apple’s existing artificial intelligence photo tools are much narrower. The main editing feature in Photos today is Clean Up, which removes unwanted objects from an image. (9to5mac.com) That leaves Apple trailing rivals that already offer generative photo edits, including image expansion and reframing, on Android devices. Bloomberg said Apple is building the new tools to better compete there. (bloomberg.com) The report says the edits are designed to run on-device instead of sending images to the cloud. Apple has made on-device processing and privacy central selling points of Apple Intelligence since its rollout. (bloomberg.com) (9to5mac.com) Apple has not publicly announced these three tools. If the schedule holds, the company would likely preview iOS 27 and its Photos changes at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. (bloomberg.com) (macrumors.com)
