iOS 18 introduces a groundbreaking feature called Clean Up, leveraging Apple’s on-device AI to effortlessly remove unwanted objects and people from your photos. This guide will show you how to utilize this powerful tool.
Within the Photos app, simply select the image you wish to edit. Then, carefully circle the person or object you want removed. Apple’s advanced generative AI will intelligently analyze the image and seamlessly erase the selected element, leaving no trace behind. It’s as if the unwanted object was never there.
This innovative tool functions similarly to popular third-party applications like Google’s Magic Eraser and Adobe’s Generative Fill. All these tools harness the power of generative AI to intelligently remove objects from images, but Apple’s Clean Up is directly integrated into the Photos app for seamless editing.
Clean Up is not exclusive to iOS 18. It’s also available on iPadOS 18 for iPad and macOS Sequoia for Mac, replacing the Retouch tool found in macOS Sonoma. This cross-platform availability ensures a consistent editing experience across your Apple devices.
Beyond Clean Up, iOS 18 brings other AI-powered enhancements to the Photos app. Future updates including Apple Intelligence will enable natural language image searches with Siri. This advanced functionality will allow you to find specific photos using descriptive phrases.
Furthermore, iOS 18 revamps the Photos app with a new design, introducing a Collections feature. This automatically organizes your photos into categories like People and Pets, Recent Days, and Trips, making it easier than ever to navigate your photo library. Apple is also launching Image Playground, a new system-wide AI tool for generating images and Genmojis within various apps like Messages and Keynote.
Importantly, Apple Intelligence and its associated features, including certain aspects of the Clean Up tool, require devices with the A17 Pro or M-series chips. This means users need an iPhone 15 Pro, an iPad, or a MacBook with an M1 or newer chip to experience the full potential of these AI enhancements. iOS 18 also includes AI improvements in other areas, like on-device email categorization in Mail and a new Highlights view for article summaries in Safari.
The Clean Up tool in iOS 18 significantly simplifies photo editing. Its intuitive interface and powerful AI capabilities empower users to effortlessly refine their images and remove distractions.
