Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Philip Michaels

I just tried Apple Intelligence photo search in iOS 18 — and I'm surprised with the results

Natural language search on an iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 18.1.

Apple Intelligence will usher in a lot of new features around images, whether it's generative image editing or creating a movie out of photos stored on your iPhone using just a text prompt. But the most useful change coming via Apple Intelligence may be one that helps you find the images you already have. And it's got implications that could extend beyond the devices capable of running Apple Intelligence.

I'm talking about natural language search, which is coming to the Photos app in the first round of Apple Intelligence feature updates arriving on the iPhone next month. According to Apple, you'll be able to find photos and videos just by describing what you're looking for — not keywords, but actual descriptive phrases like you're talking to another human.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.