With iPhone, people are taking more photos and videos than ever. And as photo collections grow, so does the desire to easily find, edit, and share them whenever and wherever. That’s where the Photos app and iCloud Photo Library come in.
Moments, Collections, and Years views automatically organize your photos and videos by when and where they were taken, so you can scan your entire library at a glance and quickly find what you’re looking for. You can even ask Siri to help you find a photo. For example, say “Show me photos from my trip to San Francisco last summer” and Siri will pull them up on your screen.
A still photo captures an instant frozen in time. With Live Photos, you can turn those instants into unforgettable living memories. At the heart of a Live Photo is a beautiful 12‑megapixel photo. But together with that photo are the moments just before and after it was taken, captured with movement and sound.
You can bring those moments to life any time by simply pressing anywhere on the photo. You can even set your favorite Live Photo as your Lock Screen wallpaper, so you can relive a moment any time your phone leaves your pocket. And you can view Live Photos on your other Apple devices, too.
Whatever your skill level, you’ll be able to create photo masterpieces right in the Photos app. You don’t have to wait to get back to your Mac to do it. Photos can make beautiful edits for you. Or you can take control and fine-tune every aspect of a photo yourself.
Don’t worry if the composition isn’t perfect when you shoot. Even after you take your photo, Photos can automatically straighten horizons and provide the ideal crop.
Modify the overall light in a photo with a single control. Behind the scenes, Photos intelligently adjusts exposure, brightness, contrast, and more — giving everyone, even the complete novice, great results.
Use the smart slider to find just the right lighting.
Slide to enhance blue skies, make colors pop, or convert your photos into richly toned black and white.
Tap and a menu of individual tools lets you make precise adjustments.
Create unique looks and make your photo stand out with filters and editing tools.
Beautiful, moody, or fun. Tap to experiment with enhanced photo filters. If you don’t like how it looks, you can always just revert to the original.
You can download third-party editing tools and access them right from the Photos app.
Every photo and video you take now lives in iCloud — giving you the freedom to access your library from any device, anytime you want. So you can view a photo from last week or last year no matter where you are. And iCloud Photo Library keeps every photo and video you take all in one place, and you can access them from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, on iCloud.com, and even your PC.
When you take a photo or video on your iOS device, it automatically shows up on your Mac and iCloud.com. And any changes you make — like editing a photo, marking a Favorite, or adding to an album — are kept up to date across your devices and on iCloud.com.
iCloud Photo Library can help you make the most of the space on your iOS device. When it’s turned on in your iOS device settings, all your full-resolution photos and videos are stored in iCloud in their original formats, with storage-saving versions kept on your iOS device as space is needed — so you can access more photos and videos than ever before. You get 5GB of free storage in iCloud — and as your library grows, you have the option to choose a plan for up to 1TB.
It’s never been easier to share your photos and videos with who you want and where you want. Use the share sheet to share photos via iCloud Photo Sharing or AirDrop. Or post photos with a tap to your favorite photo sharing sites, like Facebook and Twitter.