iOS 15 Photos App Now Displays EXIF Metadata for Images

[MacRumors]

If you've ever wanted to see the EXIF data for a photo right on your iPhone Photos app, then you're going to want to install the iOS 15 update right away.

With iOS 15, each image in the Photos app has a new "Info" button available that displays image format, the details of the camera used to capture it, and the location where it was taken.

Prior to now, there was no way to view this information directly in the Photos app on the iPhone, so you had to use either a third-party app, a Shortcut, or a different device to view it.

This interface can be used to add captions and to see the location where a photo was taken, plus there is an option to adjust metadata such as date captured.

Some photos will also have a sparkle next to the Info button, which means there's info that you can see in Look Up mode. On a photo of a flower, for example, the Photos app is able to compare it to other flower images on the web, providing a possible identification for the flower type. In the screenshot below, this is indeed an accurate assessment of the type of flower in the image.

There's also a new option to tap the "Live" button for any Live photo to automatically turn it a Loop, Bounce, or Long Exposure.

Article Link: iOS 15 Photos App Now Displays EXIF Metadata for Images

 

[BWhaler]

“then you're going to want to install the iOS 15 update right away.”

Ugh. Do not encourage people to install a beta, especially a Beta 1. Highly irresponsible.

 

[macsound1]

Best part of this post is that Flo's from Disney California Adventure is one of the selected photos.

 

[LonestarOne]

There are EXIF reader apps available in the App Store. It isn’t necessary to install iOS 15 just for that.

 

[JWD]

About time, tired of using 3rd party apps for a feature that should have been built-in from the start.

 

[sniffies]

Finally, I can ditch Metapho! (even though Metapho is a great little app and served me well over the years)

 

[chumps52]

“then you're going to want to install the iOS 15 update right away.”

Ugh. Do not encourage people to install a beta, especially a Beta 1. Highly irresponsible.

It's MacRumors. They report on Prosser. What do you expect?

 

[chumps52]

In the screenshot below, this is indeed an accurate assessment of the type of flower in the image

What screenshot?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

I love the new interface. Looks so rich 🤑

 

[Sebosz]

So ViewExif app will become useless? 😭

 

[i505]

RIP Metapho!

 

[souko]

Finally!

 

[_Spinn_]

This is another good addition. I’m glad Apple is filling out features that probably should have been around since the beginning.

 

[Wildkraut]

RIP Metapho!

I doubt i will shows all the exif data...

 

[Jaro65]

Finally!

 

[FHoff]

Can we finally name a photo?

 

[pplfn]

I can finally see how much space a picture/movie use!

 

[cocoua]

I just want to edit the name so when I send it by email, airdrop or to the computer, it goes with my filename.

I know I know, crazy ideas in my head... jails arent enough punishment for radical people as my self...

 

[anthogag]

Can a person "adjust" the file name? A descriptive filename makes it much faster to find it in universal search and it helps identify it when the file is shared.

It would also be cool to adjust file size and see the degradation right there.

 

[kc9hzn]

Finally, I can ditch Metapho! (even though Metapho is a great little app and served me well over the years)

Metapho lets you edit the EXIF data, even completely remove it. Will the default support let you? And what about photos saved to your camera roll that don’t have EXIF data? I think Metapho still has life in it yet.

 

[sniffies]

Metapho lets you edit the EXIF data, even completely remove it. Will the default support let you? And what about photos saved to your camera roll that don’t have EXIF data? I think Metapho still has life in it yet.

I just compared the two:

Metapho displays copyright info, Photos doesn't.
Unlike Metapho, Photos only allows you to adjust the date.
It is possible to remove metadata with Photos when sharing, but copyright info can't be removed because Photos can't display it. Metapho, on the other hand, can remove everything.

Verdict: I think I'll keep Metapho for now

 

[kenni417]

this is something that always made me wonder when apple would bring this to the iPhone. always found it very useful in the photos app in macOS.

 

[Johnny London]

A photo rating system would be truly an improvement for workflows. Currently you can only “heart” photos, delete the rest in your batch, and unheart some photos again to mirror a 3 star rating system.

 

[Anson_431]

Oh FINALLYYYYYY!!!

 

[snipr125]

Finally...this is genuinely important for those people like me who take pictures on different cameras and especially lenses, and store all their images together on the Photos app (and use photo stream a lot).