Apple is planning to make the iPhone Camera app fully customizable in iOS 27, adding a fresh round of changes to software that has already been reshaped in iOS 26. The move would let users choose which controls appear in the app and where they sit, with flash, exposure, the timer and resolution among the settings expected to be movable.
The controls toggle is currently in the top right, but Mark Gurman said Apple intends to move it to the right of the shutter button. The company is aiming to make the Camera app better suited for professionals, part of a broader set of user interface changes that described as making the software fully customizable.
That redesign is only one piece of the latest iphone rumors around iOS 27. Apple is also expected to add AI-enhanced editing tools to Photos, including three features called Extend, Enhance and Reframe. Extend would generate additional content beyond the original frame, Enhance would improve color, lighting and image quality, and Reframe would let users shift the perspective of a spatial photo after it has been taken.
Apple’s Camera app plans also appear to fold in Visual Intelligence in a new Siri mode. At the moment, Visual Intelligence is mainly available in a separate app behind Camera Control, though users can already add it to Control Center or map it to the Action Button. The new approach would put the feature closer to the camera experience itself and make it easier to use for scanning and identifying information on the fly.
Among the additions Apple is said to be lining up are the ability to scan food nutrition labels to log what you are eating and the ability to scan contact information, such as a business card, to quickly create new contacts. Those moves would widen the Camera app’s role beyond taking photos and into everyday utility tasks that rely on fast capture and quick processing.
The picture is not without friction. Gurman said Extend and Reframe do not perform reliably, and reported that both features could be delayed or scaled back before a public release. That means Apple may not unveil them at WWDC 2026, and if it does show them, the company could still push them to a later developer beta or hold them until iOS 27.1 or beyond.
That uncertainty matters because many of the iOS 27 rumors have centered on Apple Intelligence, Siri and performance. The Camera app overhaul, though, suggests Apple still sees the phone’s most-used app as a place where it can make a clear, practical case for its software changes. Whether the boldest editing tools are ready in time for WWDC 2026 may tell users how far the company is willing to go before shipping them.
