Apple releases iOS 13.2 with native 'Deep Fusion' photography

[Cal Jeffrey]

Why it matters: Apple's iOS team has been working like dogs since the shaky release of iOS 13. Today the company just pushed iOS 13.2, which adds features and support for some of Cupertino's newest products including the iPhone 11 and AirPods Pro.

Apple just rolled out iOS 13.2. Features include “Deep Fusion” photography, AirPod Pro support, a Siri privacy setting, and new emojis.

Deep Fusion, which Apple described in it unveiling of iPhone 11 last month, is a computational photography method that takes the best pixels from nine images and fuses them into a single photo. Of course, users will have to have the newest iPhone 11 to take advantage of this technology. However, Cult of Mac notes that there is a third-party solution that works on older phones.

The AI-enhanced results will reportedly render highly detailed images that look more natural and with less noise. The technology should produce better-looking photos, especially those with poor lighting.

The iOS update also adds support for the new AirPods Pro, which Apple sneakily unveiled this morning. The update's main feature offered for the newest earbuds is Announce Messages. This functionality has Siri reading incoming messages automatically.

About 70 new emojis have been added to update. The pack includes more “inclusive” icons like a seeing-eye dog, a robotic arm, and people in wheelchairs. A slew of animals was thrown in for good measure as well.

Apple has also included a privacy-related feature for Siri. There will now be a setting allowing users to turn off data sharing for the voice assistant. This addition was likely due to the recent uproar over third-party contractors listening to recordings of interactions with various competitors’ AI.

Although this is done reportedly to improve the capabilities of the assistant, too many users found it creepy. So Apple devices now allow interaction sharing to be disabled. The operating system will highlight this setting after users install the update.

The newest iOS patch will presumably carry all the security and bug fixes as well, although it is unclear what those are. As of publication, Apple still has not updated its release notes for iOS13.2.

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[Squid Surprise]

"As of publication, Apple still has not updated its release notes for iOS13.4."

Probably because this is just the 13.2 release?

 

[p51d007]

Deep fusion...attempting to meld together the best of 9 images, because one image might be
blurry, out of focus. And, they are probably attempting to make a semi-HDR photo by under exposing, normal exposing, over exposing. If the entire smartphone industry would get off its high horse, and
instead of installing MORE camera sensors, but would install ONE larger sensor, the photos might
look better, along with better low light images.

 

[Uncle Al]

Deep fusion appears to be a variation of "photo stacking". The outcome can be dramatic but there are a few cavorts to consider, still, to bring this to general photographs is impressive and something the Android universe would really like to see! There is other software out there that does the same thing, but it takes a lot more effort ....

 

[Cal Jeffrey]

"As of publication, Apple still has not updated its release notes for iOS13.4."

Probably because this is just the 13.2 release?

lol Thanks @Squid Surprise. It was a long day. lol As of this reply Apple still has not updated its release notes for iOS 13......2.

 

[IAMTHESTIG]

Deep fusion...attempting to meld together the best of 9 images, because one image might be
blurry, out of focus. And, they are probably attempting to make a semi-HDR photo by under exposing, normal exposing, over exposing. If the entire smartphone industry would get off its high horse, and
instead of installing MORE camera sensors, but would install ONE larger sensor, the photos might
look better, along with better low light images.

Wouldn't you need a large lens as well? And a larger camera module? I already don't care for the few millimeters the camera bumps are I don't want a bigger camera bump.

 

[learninmypc]

Apple security releases

This document lists security updates and Rapid Security Responses for Apple software.

support.apple.com

 

[learninmypc]

"As of publication, Apple still has not updated its release notes for iOS13.4."

Probably because this is just the 13.2 release?

My bad, I thought the above post was it, or this one https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

 

[p51d007]

Wouldn't you need a large lens as well? And a larger camera module? I already don't care for the few millimeters the camera bumps are I don't want a bigger camera bump.

Retractable lens, not a big issue.

 

[ckm88]

Are we skipping 13.3?