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Apple releases third beta of iOS 18.1

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Apple released iOS 18.1 beta 3 on Wednesday with a new feature called Clean Up. This feature allows users to remove unwanted objects or people from photos using artificial intelligence. To ensure transparency, Apple labels photos that have been modified using Clean Up.

The label “Modified with Clean Up” can be found in the photo’s metadata in the Photos app. Currently, only devices running iOS 18.1 beta 3 or macOS 15.1 beta 3 can display this label.

When a photo edited with Clean Up is shared via AirDrop or iMessage, the label remains intact in the EXIF data.

However, sharing through third-party apps like WhatsApp or Telegram will not retain the label.

Apple may improve the visibility of this information before the full release and enable third-party apps to detect and display the Clean Up tag in the future. Clean Up is part of the Apple Intelligence suite of features, which requires devices with the M1 chip or later.

By implementing this feature, Apple aims to maintain transparency while offering powerful tools to its users. In other news, Apple Intelligence no longer requires users to set their device region to the United States. The latest beta updates for iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1 have dropped this requirement, making the features more accessible.

Clean Up’s AI photo editing

Now, only Siri’s language needs to be set to US English, rather than the entire device region. This change is significant because altering the device region can affect phone numbers and calendar formats.

Despite this broadened access, users in the EU and China still cannot activate Apple Intelligence, and the hardware requirements remain unchanged. iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia will be officially released to the public next month, but Apple Intelligence itself will not be available until October. Clean Up gives Apple fans the Magic Eraser feature they’ve been waiting for.

Similar to Google’s Magic Eraser, Clean Up uses machine intelligence to eliminate unwanted features in an image with a simple tap. To use Clean Up, open a photo in the Photos app, click the edit icon, and then click the Clean Up icon. iOS 18.1 will identify likely unwanted items and outline them.

Tap the items you want to remove, and Clean Up will get rid of them and fill in the spot using AI. Clean Up works well for visually noisy pictures, but it may struggle with more complex images. As Apple gets more data from users, it will be able to fine-tune the feature even more.

iOS 18.1 will be released later this year, but users can try out the beta right now.

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