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## What is Reference Image, Apple's new feature to verify photos on iPhone 18 Pro?

DevFeed: [What is Reference Image, Apple's new feature to verify photos on iPhone 18 Pro?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-reference-image-apple-s-new-feature-to-verify-photos-on-iphone-18-pro-56596.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/what-is-reference-images-apple-feature-iphone-18-pro-10871626/>)

Author: Tech Desk

Published: 2026-09-10T08:52:45Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Technology | The Indian Express](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/technology-the-indian-express.md>)

Topics: [synthid](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/synthid.md>), [watermarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/watermarking.md>), [Generative AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-ai.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [iphone](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iphone.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [private cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/private-cloud.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-image-detection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-image-detection.md>), [ai-image-watermarking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-image-watermarking.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [apple-reference-image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple-reference-image.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [deepmind](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deepmind.md>), [digital-negative-photo-verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-negative-photo-verification.md>), [digital-photo-authenticity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-photo-authenticity.md>), [google-deepmind](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-deepmind.md>), [google-deepmind-synthid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-deepmind-synthid.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [ios-27](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios-27.md>), [iphone](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iphone.md>), [iphone-18](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iphone-18.md>), [iphone-18-pro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iphone-18-pro.md>), [iphone-duo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iphone-duo.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [operating-system](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operating-system.md>), [private-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-cloud.md>), [private-cloud-compute](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-cloud-compute.md>), [synthid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/synthid.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [technology-tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology-tech.md>), [watermarking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/watermarking.md>)

### AI overview

Apple announced Apple Reference Image, a feature for iPhone 18 Pro models that records signed camera sensor data to help users verify whether photos are authentic. Apple also announced support for Google DeepMind's SynthID watermarking standard for identifying images generated or edited with AI.

### Source excerpt

Apple also announced support for Google DeepMind's SynthID watermarking standard to help users identify images that have been generated or edited with AI.