iOS 18.1 Clean Up Feature: Distant echo of Samsung’s Object Eraser, Android’s Magic Eraser

Apple released a new Clean Up feature with iOS 18.1 Beta 3. The photo editing trick comes with the ability to remove objects, fix a photograph, and blur face. iOS 18.1 Clean Up features a distant echo of Samsung’s Object Eraser and Android’s Magic Eraser.

Way back in 2021, Samsung introduced the Object Eraser feature. The Galaxy S21 flagships debuted this intelligent photo editing trick. Later on, the company expanded it to many more premium and non-premium devices.

After Samsung, Google launched a similar feature entitled Magic Eraser. It launched in October 2021 with the Pixel 6 series. And recently, Magic Eraser turned Magic Editor, adding even more amazing editing capabilities for Android devices.

Apple came late but showcased Clean Up as a ground-breaking innovation. The feature is added within the iPhone’s Photos editor options. It allows you to perform fixes on the chosen photograph through an interface supporting gestures.

Similar to Object and Magic Eraser, Clean Up also has undo and redo buttons. You can also compare the difference by using the original toggle. The feature is in Beta but works well as Apple’s already three years behind Samsung, LOL.

Clean Up intelligently detects humans and objects in the selected photo. You can brush, tap to select, or circle the object you want to remove. AI will do the rest, delivering an improved version of the photo within a few seconds of processing.

The processing time is required to analyze the fill of the area vacated by removed humans or objects. The functionality will analyze the state of the image to fill the removed area so the photo won’t render odd after the removal of a human or object.

Clean Up also allows you to censor a face. If you want to share some graphical content without revealing your identity, it will be quite useful. If you blur a face, it will be blurred in pixelated style to completely hide the identity through the face.