Apple has released new developer betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 Sequoia. In these updates, the company is releasing new Apple Intelligence features, including the ability to remove objects from photos.
This feature, called Clean Up, allows users to identify and remove objects from a photo without affecting the photo. The system uses AI to create a background when removing an object from an image. Apple says the system also understands the shadows or reflections of the object and processes them while filling in the background.
Users can use the smart detection feature to select objects and remove them with a single tap. People can also circle or swipe unwanted objects to remove them from the image.
Apple's rival Google also launched a similar feature called “Magic Eraser” earlier this year, which is available for free to all Google Photos users.
In July, Apple released the first set of Apple Intelligence features with the iOS 18.1 dev beta. These features included writing tools, notification summaries for SMS and Mail, natural language search and memory creation in Photos, transcription of calls and voice recordings in Notes, and summaries and smart replies in Mail. Apple Intelligence is available only to English users with their region set to the United States.
