iOS 27 Could Give Your iPhone a Custom Camera App and a ChatGPT-Like Siri, Finally

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more.

Apple's next big iOS update could make one of the iPhone's most important apps feel a lot more personal.

The company is planning to overhaul the iPhone's Camera app in iOS 27 with a fully customizable interface, according to a Tuesday report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. You would reportedly be able to decide which camera tools appear on-screen and where they sit, including controls for flash, exposure, the timer and resolution.

That could be especially useful for people who use the iPhone as more than a casual point-and-shoot camera. Instead of digging through settings or working around Apple's default layout, you may be able to build a camera interface around the tools you actually use (get that Shared ...