Apple’s iPhone Camera App Is Getting an AI Upgrade in iOS 27
Jun 8, 2026 2:40 PM
Siri is now directly embedded into the camera app, and there are more artificial intelligence tools in the Photos app to alter your images.
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Your iPhone camera app will look a little different this fall. On Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, Apple showed off new features in its next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 27, and changes are afoot for the camera app.
Notably, instead of just shifting between “Photo” and “Video” tabs, there's now a new option: Siri AI.
Before, to trigger Siri's “Visual Intelligence” feature, you had to press the Camera Control button. When you pressed it, Siri could see what you're pointing the iPhone camera at and deliver contextual assistance—like Google Lens—such as adding dates from a concert poster to your calendar or helping identify a plant. Now...
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