Apple plans sweeping AI-driven upgrades to its Camera and Photos apps in iOS 27, Bloomberg» reports Mark Gurman.
The report offers a first look at the appearance of several major iOS 27 features that Apple plans to announce at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8. Bloomberg and people say they know Apple’s plans.
The Camera app is set to benefit from a dedicated Siri mode, positioned alongside existing options such as Photo and Video. Gurman reports that this feature would replace the current visual intelligence experience, allowing users to photograph objects and have them analyzed by a third-party AI agent or perform a reverse image search on Google. By elevating the functionality directly into the Camera app rather than limiting it to the camera control button, Apple would aim to increase adoption and help users acclimate to visual AI ahead of future products, including smart glasses and camera-equipped AirPods.
The Camera app would also get a new “Add Widgets” panel that makes the interface more customizable. The top row of shortcuts currently displayed in capture modes would become replaceable, allowing users to prioritize more professional controls such as depth adjustments, or surface tools such as timers and Night mode more prominently in the interface. Gurman says the changes are intended to make Apple’s camera software more attractive to advanced photographers.
The ‌Photos‌ app is set to receive new Apple Intelligence tools called “Reframe” and “Extend.” Reframe would allow users to change the perspective of a photo, while Extend uses AI to generate additional parts of an image, such as filling in the bottom half of a building that was cut off in the original shot.
Apple is also reportedly testing photo editing based on natural language prompts, which would allow users to request specific changes through voice or text, such as cropping or adjusting colors. Gurman notes that this specific feature might not arrive in the first version of ‌iOS 27‌.
Elsewhere in ‌iOS 27‌, the Shortcuts app is reportedly getting a significant overhaul that will allow users to create automations using natural language. Instead of manually creating step-by-step workflows, users can outline what they want to happen; In Gurman’s example, a user sets up a routine that automatically starts a music playlist and sends their spouse an ETA when they start driving home from work.
Bloomberg previously reported on AI-generated wallpapers, a system-wide grammar checker for text entry, and a revamped Image Playground app featuring improved quality for AI-generated images and custom Genmoji emoji. See BloombergThe full report for more information.
