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iPhone photo tools can extend and reframe shots after the fact

Apple's iOS twenty-seven adds Extend and Reframe tools to Photos, letting iPhones generate new background beyond the original borders of a picture; the lamp post is made up.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Newsroom
Published 10:52 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

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First reported by Fox News: “Your phone can fix badly framed photos after you take them”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 10:52 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.

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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentApple's iOS twenty-seven adds Extend and Reframe tools to Photos, so your iPhone can invent new background beyond the edges of a shot you already took.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo I can take a bad photo, and the phone just keeps going? That's incredible.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's guessing, Kenji.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe software paints pixels that were never in front of the lens and hopes you don't check the lamp post it made up.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMy cousin's wedding photo cuts off the groom. He gets a whole new shoulder.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA shoulder nobody photographed.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA premium shoulder, Nina, and it's free.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo the picture is now partly a rumor with good lighting. Tell me which part is real.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe thumb in the corner. That's all me.

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