Apple says images created or edited with Apple Intelligence include a hidden SynthID watermark that can help identify AI creation or modification. Apple published its support page on November 5, 2026; a separate report names the tools and software versions associated with the feature. Apple’s support page describes the watermark as hidden and intended to help identify AI involvement in an image.
NeoTeo previously covered Google’s SynthID Detector. Apple’s support page describes watermarking for Apple Intelligence images.
Read the mark as a clue that AI was involved in creating or editing an image.
Which Apple tools and software versions are named?
Make Tech Easier reported that Apple’s guidance lists Clean Up, Extend, and Spatial Reframing in Photos. It also names Image Playground and Image Wand, and associates the feature with iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS 27.2, and visionOS 27.2.
A Spanish-language tutorial walks through using Extend in Photos to fill in a cropped image.
How to check an image, and what happens to earlier edits
The reported instructions direct users to open SynthID.com in a browser, upload an image, and follow the on-screen steps. Make Tech Easier also reported that images created or edited before the relevant update are not marked retroactively. An earlier image would need a later edit with one of the listed tools, after that update, to receive a watermark.
