iOS 17 introduces 8 exciting new features for the Photos app

This article will list 8 new features and improvements related to the Photos app accompanying Apple's latest mobile operating system, set to be officially released this fall.

Pet Recognition

In iOS 17, Apple has enhanced the image recognition capability of the Photos app. Now, this app can not only recognize family and friends but also your beloved pets.

The animal detection feature of the Photos app is not new, but it can now identify the animals important to you by considering the number of photos you have of them. That's why the 'People' album has become the 'People and Pets' album, where you can add your pet's name and confirm additional photos.

One-Tap Crop

In iOS 17, cropping photos in the Photos app will be done by accessing

Users can adjust that crop area with pinch-to-zoom gestures or by dragging the corners of the crop tool.

In iOS 17, Apple has made this process faster and easier. Now, when you zoom in on an image, there will be a new 'Crop' button appearing at the top right. Pressing it will display the cropping interface with the zoom level you selected, allowing you to crop the image with just a few taps.

Turn Images into Animated Stickers

In iOS 16, Apple added a neat 'remove subject from background' tool to tidy up images. In iOS 17, Apple has improved this feature, and now you can use it to create your own custom animated stickers for use in messages.

When you tap and hold a subject in a photo, a menu appears offering the new option 'Add sticker', which inserts the selected subject into the messaging app's sticker interface. From there, you can add effects like white border stickers, 'puffy' stickers, sparkling effects, etc.

Receive Cooking Recipes

In iOS 17, Apple has enhanced Visual Look Up to bring the ability to find recognized cooking recipes in food-themed photos.

When food images are identified in the Photos app, a knife and fork icon will appear at the bottom of the interface. The Look Up Food option provides you with direct links to cooking recipe websites.

Adjust Your Shooting Angle

In recent years, the Grid mode of the app includes a feature to balance your photos, which is represented by a yellow straight line.

In ‌iOS 17‌, Apple has improved this feature, separating it from the Grid mode into its own option and expanding it so users can balance photos more accurately when shooting in different modes.

The Level option will display a broken horizontal line on the screen when you capture photos with a tilted horizon. This line will appear white when your phone is unbalanced and then switch to yellow when you achieve balance orientation to indicate success.

Look up What You've Erased from Subjects

In ‌iOS 17‌, when using the 'remove subject from background' tool, you can now look up information about the subject mentioned through a new option in the menu.

Moreover, the ‌Photos‌ app now offers the ability to pause videos at any frame and look up information about a subject.

Visual Auto Sign Lookup

Apple hasn't publicly advertised this feature, but ‌iOS 17‌ beta users have discovered that Visual Look Up can now detect car symbols on the vehicle's screen.

When the ‌Photos‌ app identifies one or more symbols in an image, ‌iOS 17‌ will display the name of the symbol and a brief description of its meaning, while also providing links to learn more about each symbol in Safari.

Enhanced Editing Tool Interface

Finally, in ‌iOS 17‌, Apple has made some refinements to the editing tool interface of the ‌Photos‌ app to make it a bit more visually appealing. The Cancel and Done buttons have been moved from the bottom of the screen to the top, and text descriptions have been provided for the tool icons to make them easier for users to use.