Apple adds AI features to Safari, Photos and Passwords apps

Apple used its WWDC26 stage to widen the scope of Apple Intelligence, pushing generative tools into Safari, Photos and Passwords and signaling that the company wants AI to feel less like a separate feature and more like part of everyday phone use. The new capabilities were introduced on June 8, 2026, during a conference running June 8-12 online, with developer testing starting immediately and a consumer release set for this fall.

The company said the next generation of Apple Intelligence is built on a new architecture that deeply integrates Apple Foundation Models across its platforms and is designed around privacy. Apple said the features stretch across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods and Apple Vision Pro, with smarter browsing tools in Safari, more powerful editing in Photos and stronger security protections in Passwords. Craig Federighi also framed the system around plain-language control, saying users will be able to describe what they want in natural language to get tasks done more easily.

That strategy matters because Apple is not only adding isolated tools, it is trying to make AI useful in the places people already spend time. Safari already has support for summarizing webpages and, on some pages, surfacing Highlights with key information. Photos will get AI-powered editing, and Apple said edits made with Apple Intelligence will carry a hidden SynthID watermark to help identify AI-edited images. Passwords already centralizes passwords, passkeys, Wi-Fi passwords and verification codes in one place, and Apple said the app will now gain the ability to upgrade security protections.

Apple is also leaning harder into automation. Apple Support says Shortcuts can use Apple Intelligence actions to summarize text, create images, or tap into Apple Intelligence or ChatGPT inside custom shortcuts. That puts generative AI inside routines users already build for daily work, a quieter but potentially more durable move than a standalone chatbot. The company also said Siri AI is being introduced as an entirely new version of Siri, with deeper cross-app capabilities that could make the assistant more useful for juggling messages, files and settings.

Apple first previewed Apple Intelligence at WWDC on June 10, 2024, when it described the system as a personal intelligence platform that combines generative models with personal context and Private Cloud Compute. Apple says Private Cloud Compute extends device-grade security into the cloud so personal data sent there is not accessible to anyone other than the user, not even Apple. Together, the new tools suggest Apple is trying to prove that AI can be woven into a phone’s core behavior without abandoning its privacy pitch, even as it still trails rivals that have been moving faster on consumer AI.