What You Need to Know About Your iPhone's Enhanced Visual Search

Apple released iOS 18.4 on March 31, and that update brought bug fixes, new emoji and a new recipes section to Apple News. But when Apple released iOS 18 in September, one feature included in the update sends photo data from your iPhone to Apple's servers in an effort to help you better find pictures in your photo library. Apple calls this feature Enhanced Visual Search, and it's turned on by default. But you can turn the feature off in a few easy steps if you're concerend about privacy. Read more: Everything You Need to Know About iOS 18 Here's what you need to know about Enhanced Visual Search. Apple's Enhanced Visual Search privacy measures "Enhanced Visual Search in Photos allows you to search for photos using landmarks or points of interest," Apple wrote online. "Your device privately matches places in your photos to a global index Apple maintains on our servers." According to an Apple research post, parts of a photo that might contain a landmark are encrypted and sent to App ... Read full article.