Apple's Photos app is receiving new features in iOS 27, which include the long-awaited creation of full-fledged slideshows and updates to iCloud shared albums.
The app previously featured only a basic slideshow capability suitable solely for personal memories, but it now offers a powerful suite of tools to adjust transition styles, duration, and music, as well as save slideshows as video files.
On the other hand, the iCloud Shared Albums feature allows users to create albums shared with friends or family, complete with Instagram-like features. Through iOS 27, these albums now make it possible to share full-resolution photos and videos, react with any emoji, set new participant permissions, and enable Android and Windows users to add photos as well.
These innovations address users' years-long expectations, finally bringing professional-grade slideshows and cross-platform shared album capabilities. It is particularly noteworthy that Android and Windows users are also gaining the ability to contribute to shared content.
These changes demonstrate Apple's trend toward making its ecosystem's features more flexible and universal. In the coming weeks, it will become clear how these updates integrate with the operation of new devices.
