How to turn off Enhanced Visual Search for Photos on iPhone or iPad

The Enhanced Visual Search in the iOS Photos app sends encrypted, anonymized data from photos to Apple. Here's what that means and how to turn it off.Apple's Enhanced Visual Search scans photos for landmarks.Apple's Enhanced Visual Search (EVS) is a new ML-based technology in iOS 18, iPadOS, and macOS Sequoia. Using EVS you can search for geographical landmarks in photos, even if the images don't contain any geolocation info such as GPS or EXIF metadata.Using EVS in the Photos app, you can type a landmark name in and the app will scan your photos for matching landmarks. You can also swipe up on any building in an image and tap Look Up Landmark. If Photos recognizes the landmark it will tell you what it is. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums