Setting up no longer stops when you leave the app. • On iOS 26 and later, "Preparing" keeps going when you lock your screen or switch to another app. Follow its progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and the app is ready when you come back. • Clearer wording while a model is being prepared, including how long it usually takes on your device.

Photoreal now comes inside the app: no download before your first picture. • A short animated tour on first launch shows what the app makes while Photoreal gets ready for your device. • If you downloaded Photoreal before, the app switches to the built-in copy and deletes the download, so the update doesn't take the space twice. • Photoreal is the first model on every device, so your first picture arrives in seconds. Photoreal HD and Anime & Illustration HD are in Settings whenever you want them. • Optional models download faster, over several connections at once, and pick up where they left off if the app is closed. • Generating shows elapsed seconds, and the app learns how long a picture takes on your device and tells you. • Switching between models is much quicker: the app no longer throws away work it had already done. • Clearer wording across Settings, and a plain message in the rare case a picture cannot be drawn.

A new model: Anime & Illustration HD, for anime, manga and illustrated styles. Drawn on your own device, like everything else here. Needs a recent iPad or iPhone with 12 GB of memory, and is marked Beta while it settles in. The Gallery now shows the exact words each picture was made from.