{"id":273275,"date":"2026-06-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/i-tested-the-new-ai-photo-clean-up-on-ios-27-vs-ios-26-and-its-shockingly-better\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T05:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:25:15","slug":"i-tested-the-new-ai-photo-clean-up-on-ios-27-vs-ios-26-and-its-shockingly-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/i-tested-the-new-ai-photo-clean-up-on-ios-27-vs-ios-26-and-its-shockingly-better\/","title":{"rendered":"I tested the new AI photo Clean Up on iOS 27 vs iOS 26 \u2014 and it’s shockingly better"},"content":{"rendered":"

I tested the new AI photo Clean Up on iOS 27 vs iOS 26 \u2014 and it’s shockingly better<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-15 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s been nearly two years since Apple released its Clean Up tool as part of iOS 18.1. Apple users like myself have been waiting for something like Google\u2019s Magic Eraser, and while Apple’s version certainly has the ability to erase unwanted subjects from the frame, it\u2019s still a far cry from the performance I see from Samsung\u2019s and Google\u2019s versions.<\/p>\n

With iOS 27, though, this Apple Intelligence feature gets a substantial boost that makes it much more reliable. Apple says that \u201cusers can remove distractions with better quality and more realistic infill, even when the scene is complex.\u201d<\/p>\n

After taking the same set of photos and running them through the Clean Up tool in the iOS 27 developers beta and iOS 26, I’m convinced by Apple’s remark about the improvements that come with its latest version of Clean Up. Here’s why.<\/p>\n

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For this first test, I decided to go after something easy to remove \u2014 my Ember Travel Mug in my hand. Both versions of Clean Up manage to detect the edges of the mug after I made the selections as I glided my finger over it, but the iOS 27 version of Clean Up proves how it\u2019s far more intelligent.<\/p>\n

Sure, it takes significantly longer to produce the final image, but the result is realistic and something I could actually share. It\u2019s pretty undeniable how iOS 27\u2019s Clean Up tool processes the image with the help of Apple Intelligence and knows exactly how to fill it in. Meanwhile, the iOS 26 Clean Up tool completely distorts my hand.<\/p>\n


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