New Apple Intelligence features for iOS 27 found in hidden code
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In summary:
- Macworld reports that the hidden code reveals new Apple Intelligence features expected for iOS 27, including improved visual intelligence capabilities.
- Key additions may include nutrition label scanning for Health app integration, automatic Safari tab group naming, and Wallet app ticket scanning.
- These practical AI improvements focus on improving quality of life rather than generative features, although they remain in development and could change.
Hidden backend code discovered by Nicolás Alvarez and confirmed by MacRumors provides a glimpse of some new features coming to Apple Intelligence in the future (almost certainly in iOS 27, or an update thereof).
The first two features are for visual intelligence. Apple is leaning heavily on visual AI by preparing products such as smart glasses, AI-powered pin, and AirPods with cameras. A feature allows you to scan a nutrition label to get more information and potentially integrate it with the Health app. There have been rumors that Apple is considering adding food tracking to its fitness or health apps, and reading nutrition labels would be a step beyond the barcode scanning common in current food tracking apps.
Another feature would allow it to add printed phone numbers and addresses to your contacts. You can already add dates to your calendar with Visual Intelligence, so this is a natural evolution of the feature.
Safari is getting a minor feature to automatically name tab groups based on the tabs they contain. If you’re a heavy user of tab groups, I suppose this might come in handy.
And finally, a very handy feature for the Wallet app to scan physical tickets, passes and membership cards and produce digital versions in the Wallet app. Digital passes and cards are extremely convenient, but not every event or business offers them or integrates with Apple Wallet; instead, they just email a pass. The ability to take many of these things, from gym cards to movie tickets, and add them to Wallet would be a great quality of life feature.
Naturally, all of this has been hinted at in backend code which isn’t ready for release yet. All of this must be taken into account during development and can change or be abandoned at any time. These four features are good examples of the usefulness of AI that is not limited to chatbots and AI images/videos/music.
