Apple is revamping Image Playground by integrating ChatGPT to improve its AI image generation capabilities. The update aims to address previous user disappointments with limitations and low-quality results.
The new ChatGPT integration will allow users to access more diverse styles, including Oil Painting, Watercolor, Vector, Anime, and Print, as well as an 'Any Style' option for custom descriptions. These styles will be labeled under a 'ChatGPT style' banner.
Apple emphasizes that user descriptions will be sent to ChatGPT only with permission. This upgrade is intended to make Image Playground a more competitive and well-rounded AI image creation tool.
The updated Image Playground app is expected to launch with iOS 26 this fall, following Apple's broader integration of ChatGPT into Siri and other system-wide tools.