APPLE INTELLIGENCE IMAGE MODELS TO BOAST ‘MAJOR' VISUAL UPGRADES IN IOS 27

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Apple is reportedly giving its Genmoji and Image Playground AI image generation models a major quality upgrade in iOS 27 after widespread criticism of the low-quality results introduced in iOS 18.2, especially compared to competing AI tools. The update may also expand Image Playground beyond Apple's own on-device models and ChatGPT integration to support additional third-party image generators, potentially including Google's Nano Banana models, while new features like photo library–based Genmoji suggestions are also expected.