Apple reportedly plans many changes for the Camera app

iOS 27 could completely redesign the iPhone’s Camera app, Bloombergby Mark Gurman reportsmaking it more customizable and giving professional and amateur users more control over the image output of Apple’s smartphone. The new camera options will join other features Apple reportedly highlighted at WWDC 2026: performance improvements and AI.

The biggest change Apple is making to the Camera app is making it more customizable. Rather than being stuck with the company’s predetermined interface for taking photos and capturing video, you’ll apparently be able to modify it to your liking. Bloomberg reports that iPhones will still default to a familiar Apple interface, but individual widgets for controlling things like resolution, flash, or turning Live Photos on or off can be replaced with other options from a new “Add Widgets” tray. The app would also include more “advanced” options such as controls for depth of field, exposure and the company’s Photo Styles feature.

Apple offers a theoretically easy way to change these settings on the iPhone using the camera control button, but changing things from the touchscreen should be even simpler. As part of these interface tweaks, Apple is also adding new grid and level features as you capture images and moving the toggle that lets you see all your available controls at the top right of the Camera app, to the right of the shutter button.

Some updates to Apple’s AI will also be available on the camera. Rather than having a separate interface for visual intelligence that you can only access through camera control, Apple would add a new Siri mode to the Camera app to access AI features that use the camera, like image search or text translation. AI would also power new photo editing tools.

The Siri changes are just as massive. In addition to being smarter, the AI ​​assistant’s light animation is moving from the border of iPhones to a new home in Dynamic Island as part of Apple’s planned updates. Users will also be able to enter queries or searches through a new “Search or Ask” interface that replaces iOS’ existing Spotlight search. Bloomberg writing. The interface will produce card-shaped results, but can also launch into a chat interface for direct conversations with the new Siri. The tool can also mine results from the web and supports voice input. As previously noted, past chats with Siri will be visible in a standalone Siri app.

Other changes will be less significant. Apple has reportedly updated Safari with a new start page, the Weather app will show more data, and the Image Playground app will be redesigned to be easier to use. WWDC 2026 doesn’t start until June 8, so more leaks are inevitable, but at the very least, Apple seems to be preparing at least one interesting change that doesn’t have much to do with AI.