Image Playground Is Finally More Capable

Image Playground was one of Apple’s first generative AI features, but the original version was pretty limited. Images had a recognizable cartoon-like appearance, and you didn’t have nearly as much control as you’d get from dedicated AI image generators.

But now, Apple has completely changed Image Playground in iOS 27.

The biggest addition is photorealistic image generation. Apple’s new model can generate images in virtually any style, so you aren’t restricted to cartoony images.

Editing is much more powerful too. You can describe a change you want to make to an existing image. If you only want to change one specific part, you can tap or circle it and tell your iPhone what you want to change without starting from scratch.

Granted, it’s still probably not something everyone will use every day. However, Image Playground finally gives you enough control to make it a worthy competitor to the image-generating tools available online and in the App Store.