iOS 27 finally lets iPhone owners erase and expand photos
apple's ios 27 update adds generative editing tools 'clean up', 'extend', and 'spatial reframing', bringing the iphone's native photos app up to speed with competitors like google pixel.
apple is rolling out its first set of serious generative photo editing tools in the ios 27 developer beta, headlined by a revamped 'clean up' tool that now leverages cloud models to convincingly remove objects and fill backgrounds. unlike previous strictly on-device iterations that often left artifacts, the new tool performs comparably to google's magic editor. additionally, the update includes 'extend' for outpainting image edges and 'spatial reframing' for altering perspective, though the latter is described as problematic. these features signal apple's aggressive push to integrate ai into core user experiences, potentially blurring the line between capturing and creating content for its massive user base.