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The photo library on a smartphone can very quickly get out of hand. Many people take several or even a dozen shots of the same scene, and afterwards it’s hard to decide which photos are really worth keeping. Professional photo‑editing programmes have long offered a star‑rating system that helps organise images. Apple has apparently decided to finally bring a similar solution to its Photos app. The new feature has appeared in the iOS 27 test version and could prove to be one of the most useful changes for people who regularly take photos with their smartphone.
Star ratings will make it quicker to organise photos
The new feature allows assigning photos ratings of one to five stars. This lets users mark the best shots without creating extra albums or manually moving files. The solution is especially useful for people who take large numbers of photos while travelling, at family events or during photo shoots. After enabling the relevant option in the Photos app, a new menu appears on each photo allowing a quick rating. Apple also allows multiple photos to be rated at once, which significantly speeds up the whole sorting process. This way a user can review a series of similar shots and immediately pick out the best ones. The feature is reminiscent of tools found in software such as Adobe Lightroom, which has long been a standard among photographers. For many people it will be the first opportunity to manage photos conveniently without using additional software. Importantly, all ratings are saved directly in the system library and sync with iCloud. That means labelled photos will remain available on all devices linked to the Apple account. The addition will likely be especially popular with users who have been storing thousands of photos on their phone for years and struggle to quickly find the best frames. In practice even such a small change can significantly improve everyday use of the Photos app.
Apple also adds the ability to filter your best photos
Simply rating photos would be of little use without proper search tools. That is why Apple has also prepared a new filtering system based on the number of stars given. Users will be able to instantly view only photos marked with a specific rating. In practice this means creating your own gallery of top photos without having to manually sort the entire library. If someone marks their favourite photos with five stars, a single tap will show only those images. The solution could prove especially useful when posting photos on social media or preparing images for further editing. For years many users have relied on various methods of rating photos, but none were as simple and intuitive. Apple has apparently chosen an approach tried and tested by professionals and adapted it to the needs of the average iPhone user. Although the new feature seems minor compared with other iOS 27 additions, it could have a big impact on everyday smartphone use. It will be especially appreciated by users with massive photo libraries synced via iCloud. At the moment the feature is available in the developer version of the system, so it is not yet known whether it will be included unchanged in the final release. Everything suggests, however, that Apple wants to further streamline photo management in its ecosystem.
iOS 27 introduces the ability to rate photos with stars and to filter the library by assigned ratings. It's a small change that can greatly simplify organising the thousands of photographs stored on iPhones. For many users, it will be one of the most practical additions in this year's update.
source: digitaltrends
