iOS 27.2 arrived last week, and among its changes for Apple Photos, the update adds an invisible watermark feature when you use certain editing tools. Here’s how it works.
In the age of artificial intelligence, what appears to be a genuine photograph may actually be a fake – or a partial fake. This is why tools like SynthID have been used to apply invisible watermarks to AI-generated content.
Starting with iOS 27.2, Apple now uses SynthID watermarks when you edit photos in Apple Photos or create brand new images with Image Playground.
According to a new supporting document:
Starting with iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS 27.2, and visionOS 27.2, some Apple Intelligence tools add an invisible SynthID watermark to images you create or edit:
- Clean, expand and spatial reframing in photos
- Picture playground and picture wand
Image Playground generates completely new images, so it’s more of what the average person would consider an “AI image”.
However, as Apple notes, the invisible SynthID watermark will also be applied to the original photos in your Apple Photos library if you use AI-powered Clean Up, Extend, or Spatial Reframing to edit them.
It is worth emphasizing the word “invisible” here. You won’t see evidence of a watermark anywhere on your photos, and neither will others unless they specifically check the image with a SynthID detector.
If you want to check the watermark, Apple recommends going to synthid.comwhere you can upload an image and see its result.
What do you think about Apple Photos adding SynthID watermarks to iOS 27.2? Let us know in the comments.
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