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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nApple announced the latest versions of its Mac and iPhone operating systems at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), alongside the next generation of Apple Intelligence features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dubbed iOS 27 and MacOS 27 Golden Gate, the operating systems will benefit from the new suite of artificial intelligence (AI) features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, unlike previous years, Apple did not spend much time on platform-specific features. Instead, it mostly focused on cross-platform features powered by its new large language models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple said its latest set of Foundation Models was developed in partnership with Google, with variants that can operate on-device and more advanced ones that run on Apple’s private cloud infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, said the company’s vision for AI focused heavily on privacy and personal context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Truly helpful AI must be centred on our users’ needs, deeply integrated into the products they rely on every day, grounded in personal context, and built with privacy at every step,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key upgrades to iOS 27 and MacOS Golden Gate include upgrades to Safari and the Photos app, AI integration with Siri, and updates to Apple’s image playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Safari is receiving several new features, including tab organisation, Notify Me, and Describe an Extension. With tab organisation, Apple said Safari would automatically categorise open tabs into relevant topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, Notify Me monitors web pages for changes such as price drops or stock updates and alerts the user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple said the Describe an Extension feature would allow users to build customised Safari extensions by providing a text prompt of what they want it to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It added that MacOS and iOS users would benefit from automation upgrades in the Passwords app, which can automatically strengthen the passwords of weak or compromised accounts with one tap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple announced various updates to the Photos app on both platforms. The app will receive advanced image editing models, including Apple’s “Spatial Reframing” feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said the feature drew on spatial computing models from the Vision Pro augmented reality headset and would allow users to shift a photo’s perspective after it was taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple said the new operating systems would introduce an Extend tool to expand the borders of photos and adjust aspect ratios without cropping them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, it said the Photos app would get an upgraded Clean Up tool to remove unwanted distractions from scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple said all photos edited with an Apple Intelligence feature would automatically include a hidden SynthID watermark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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