Apple has made the smallest update to Visual Intelligence in iOS 26, and yet the impact of being able to use it on any image is huge, and at least doubles the usefulness of this one feature.
Looking up AirPods from an image on AppleInsider, using Visual Intelligence
Looking up AirPods from an image on AppleInsider, using Visual Intelligence
Previously on Apple Intelligence.. the iPhone‘s Visual Intelligence was about the most impressive feature. Just by pointing your iPhone’s camera at something and pressing the Camera Control button, you could get AI to tell you all about it.
This was an extension to Apple’s previous ability with the Photos app to identify, say, plants. Visual Intelligence goes further in that it can also identify famous landmarks, or often just random buildings you’ve always wondered about.