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See the full story · 1 sourcesGo to the 9to5Mac home page Switch site 9to5Toys 9to5Google Logo 9to5Google Electrek Drone DJ Logo DroneDJ Space Explored About Privacy Toggle social menu Toggle dark mode Search for: Submit Toggle search form Forums Store Podcasts Apple@Work Happy Hour 9to5Mac Daily Overtime iPhone iPhone Mac Mac MacBook Pro MacBook Air iMac Mac mini Mac Studio Mac Pro iPad iPad Pro iPad Air iPad mini iPad iPadOS Watch Apple Watch Apple Watch Ultra Apple Health Apple Watch SE Vision Vision Pro visionOS Music and TV Apple Music AirPods HomePod Apple TV Guides Reviews How Tos AAPL Apple Store Apple Arcade Apple Card Apple Silicon Apple One Apple Fitness+ CarPlay Siri HomeKit Toggle dark mode iOS 27 Apple Photos Apple Photos in iOS 27 gets camera roll feature it’s long needed Ryan Christoffel | Aug 3 2026 - 1:44 pm PT 1 Comment iOS 27 is a big update for Apple’s Photos app , with improvements to slideshows, shared albums, and more. It also adds a welcome camera roll-type feature many have long been asking for: ‘Captured by Me.’
Apple’s Photos app has steadily expanded its feature set over the years. In addition to being home to the photos and videos your iPhone captures, it also includes content that’s been shared with you, Memories, screenshots, saved media, and a lot more.
The Photos app used to offer a ‘Camera Roll’ feature that was similar to what the ‘Recents’ album does today. It included images you captured as well as ones you saved.
But what’s been missing for a long time is a feature that actually just shows photos and videos that you’ve taken—in other words, something that could more accurately be called your ‘camera roll.’
iOS 27 delivers that long-missing feature, and it’s called ‘Captured by Me.’
‘Captured by Me’ in iOS 27 is a new Photos collection that does exactly what it sounds like. It includes only media that’s been captured by your Camera app.
So photos and videos that you shot on your iPhone are collected there. But you won’t see screenshots, images your friends sent you, or any other types of content.
In addition to the dedicated ‘Captured by Me’ collection, you can also use a ‘Captured by Me’ filter in your main Photos library.
Whichever way you use the feature, ‘Captured by Me’ in iOS 27 fills an important gap in Apple Photos’ feature set.
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