Code discovered in iOS 27 indicates Apple is working on five new features that could arrive alongside the new iPhone models to be unveiled on Wednesday, or in a future update, reports MacRumors. The publication says the new feature were discovered by its forum member “pdfu,” who took a deep dive into the iOS 27 beta code.
The five features are:
- Exposure scopes: “The Camera app in iOS 27 contains a complete implementation of waveform and histogram displays. These can help users judge exposure in different formats.”
- Focus peaking and highlight warnings: “The Camera app in iOS 27 also adds code to overlay important information about the current composition over the preview window. In fact, the system can produce them separately or together under a new preview-processing stage.”
- Repeated self-timer shots: “Once you have selected one of the pre-determined timer options, you can select a number of repeated captures to take with a countdown of the selected duration before each capture. The code restarts the timer after requesting a capture, so the app doesn’t have to wait until the photo is fully processed to begin the next countdown.”
- Manual focus: “Apple has also tested manual focus in the Camera app, with a control for changing the lens position. This would let you choose where the camera focuses and hold that position instead of relying on autofocus. Similar systems ship in Apple’s Final Cut Camera and third-party apps already.”
- Aperture-based image correction: “iOS 27 can choose and blend lens correction data based on the aperture value. These corrections are meant to compensate for differences in light distribution across the image.”
While some of the hidden features could be made available to other iPhone models, at least some of the capabilities could be restricted to the new models that will debut this week.