iPhone photos edited with Apple AI now carry an invisible SynthID mark

By the GetNews desk · Edited by Sam Calder

iOS 27.2 adds an invisible watermark to images created or edited with some Apple Intelligence tools; it can be checked on the SynthID site.

27.2iOS version with the mark

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Why it matters

The mark helps tell which images were made or edited with AI, without changing how the picture looks.

For most people

Try it: upload a photo to synthid.com and see the result.

The mark appears on images created or edited with Clean Up, Extend and Spatial Reframing in Photos.
It also covers Image Playground and Image Wand images.
The watermark is invisible and can only be found by checking the image with a SynthID detector.
Apple recommends synthid.com, where you can upload an image to see the result.
The feature is in iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS 27.2.

Try itTry checking an edited photo on synthid.com.

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