Apple Is Finally Building the AI Photo Editor that Google and Samsung Have Had for Years
- Adobe released Photoshop 27.6 and Lightroom updates on Wednesday, introducing AI-powered tools including Rotate Object and Layer Cleanup to streamline creative workflows.
- Rotate Object allows real-time, 3D-like manipulation of 2D assets with automatic lighting adjustments, while Layer Cleanup automatically organizes documents by renaming and removing empty layers.
- Lightroom gains AI-driven Assisted Culling and improved natural language search, with performance optimizations for AMD Zen4-based systems delivering up to 5x faster interactive slider performance.
- Bloomberg reports iOS 27 will introduce Apple Intelligence Tools, a suite including Extend, Enhance, and Reframe, enabling on-device AI-powered photo editing across Apple's ecosystem.
- Development of these features has faced consistency issues during internal testing, potentially delaying availability at the WWDC 2026 keynote scheduled for June 8, 2026.
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iOS 27 could bring AI photo-editing to your iPhone
Barring a huge surprise, iOS 27 is set to be revealed at WWDC 2026 this June, and a new report claims that AI photo editing will be one of the new features.Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who seems to have a direct line into going-ons at Apple Park, says that the new OS will bring AI photo-editing tools to millions of iPhones (and MacBooks via macOS 27). Currently, Apple Intelligence offers an AI-assisted "Clean Up" tool, but Gurman says iOS 27 will gi…
Apple Ramps Up AI Photo Editing In IOS 27, But Reliability Questions Remain
Apple is preparing a major overhaul of its Photos app, introducing a new suite of AI-powered editing tools across iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 – a move aimed at closing the gap with Android rivals. According to reports, the update will centre on a new ‘Apple Intelligence Tools’ section, adding features such as Extend, Enhance and Reframe alongside the existing Clean Up tool. The tools rely on on-device AI models, with most edits processed in a…
Apple to finally catch up with Samsung and Google, plans to bring 3 new AI editing features to Photos app: Report
Apple is set to enhance its photo-editing tools for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with AI features in the upcoming iOS 27 update.The new tools could include Extend, Enhance, and Reframe.
Apple is finally building the AI Photo editor that Google and Samsung have had for years
Enhance applies one-tap quality improvements, and Reframe adjusts spatial photo perspectives. Both Extend and Reframe face reliability issues in internal testing.
Apple Readies Photo-Editing Overhaul With New AI Tools in iOS 27
Apple Inc. is planning a major overhaul of the built-in photo-editing features for the iPhone, iPad and Mac, leaning heavily on artificial intelligence to better compete with Android devices.
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