Is the new Clean Up tool in Photos part of Apple Intelligence?

[evanmac]

Is the new Clean Up tool in Photos part of Apple Intelligence in the sense that it will not be available for phones other than iPhone 15 pro?
it is one of the new tools that I care about, but I would also like to see it on older iPhones and iPads.
I am still a bit confused as to which features are part of Apple intelligence and require new hardware and which are not.

 

[shenfrey]

It was demonstrated during the Apple Intelligence segment of the keynote, so I would say so.

 

[bigjnyc]

Yes it's part of AI so iPhone 15 pro only. Apple would very much like it if you upgrade to a 15 Pro or an iPhone 16 in September please... Thank you for your cooperation!

 

[Dwrowley]

I have a iPhone 15 Pro Max and am running the iOS 18 beta - no sign of ‘clean up’ yet in photos. Presumably it is coming in a subsequent beta.

 

[krspkbl]

You can do this sort of thing without AI but of course they'll call it AI. Maybe it needs AI to automatically recognize objects/edges but generally content aware tools are nothing new and calling them AI is beyond a stretch.

Have I said AI enough yet? AI.

 

[bigjnyc]

You can do this sort of thing without AI but of course they'll call it AI. Maybe it needs AI to automatically recognize objects/edges but generally content aware tools are nothing new and calling them AI is beyond a stretch.

Have I said AI enough yet? AI.

Yes this has been possible for many many years before AI was even uttered once... With apps like Photoshop and GIMP... AI makes it so anyone can do it even those with zero technical or creative skills.

 

[bhagemann]

not to mention that Photos can already find objects, detect boundaries (tap and hold on person to turn into clippable sticker...), and its fast on my 13mini. the only thing not happening is the replacement of the object with generated fill to match the photo. Seems like it'd be possible on older devices, so hoping the Apple AI stuff is not a monolithic works or doesn't

 

[eoblaed]

I have a iPhone 15 Pro Max and am running the iOS 18 beta - no sign of ‘clean up’ yet in photos. Presumably it is coming in a subsequent beta.

They indicated the Intelligence features would be available in beta form 'this summer'

 

[Broken Hope]

Really hope clean up isn’t tied to English US. It’s not like it requires language support.

 

[Ansath]

Really hope clean up isn’t tied to English US. It’s not like it requires language support.

Apple intelligence is English US to start, as it will be in Beta, even when iOS 18 comes out in the fall. We just have to be patient for other languages, or use English US if you want it in the fall.

 

[gwhizkids]

Apple intelligence is English US to start, as it will be in Beta, even when iOS 18 comes out in the fall. We just have to be patient for other languages, or use English US if you want it in the fall.

”Patience” was the word of the day on John Gruber’s Talk Show interview with Greg Joswiak, Craig Federighi and John Gianndrea.

 

[CrysisDeu]

It is, but in reality it should not. Apple Intelligence should be everything utilizing their foundation model (let's be realistic, LLM), and I don't see any reason the photo clean up tool needs the foundation model to operate