WWDC26: Enhance RAW image processing with Core Image | Apple
Apple's Raw 9 pipeline uses a tiled Core ML model combining demosaic and denoise for raw image processing.
“It is built atop a tiled Core ML model that combines demosaic with denoise”
At WWDC26, Apple announced Raw 9, its biggest update to Core Image's raw photo pipeline, built on a tiled Core ML model that merges demosaic and denoise steps for higher-quality rendering across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS 27. While it applies on-device machine learning, it is a niche photography developer feature rather than a broad AI industry signal.