iOS 17 Can Blur NSFW Pics on Your iPhone

NSFW messages tin beryllium acceptable, depending connected the clip and the place—but you don’t privation them popping up unexpectedly connected your iPhone. Until now, however, determination was nary mode to decently artifact them portion allowing other, guiltless images sent via iMessage: Nudes would travel done the aforesaid arsenic immoderate different picture.

With iOS 17, you present person the enactment to blur nudes and different NSFW contented successful the Messages app. As long arsenic your telephone tin update to the caller OS, you’ll beryllium capable to usage this feature.

How your iPhone detects nudes successful iMessage 

The “Sensitive Content Warning” mounting uses on-device instrumentality learning to analyse photos and videos you receive. Apple doesn’t person entree to the media you receive: The full process is handled offline wrong your iPhone. Apple claims it doesn’t get immoderate denotation of you receiving NSFW content, either. This is simply a information diagnostic that works without compromising your privacy.

How to blur nudes connected your iPhone

Once you update your iPhone to iOS 17, you tin spell to Settings > Privacy & Security > Sensitive Content Warning, and alteration the feature. Sensitive Content Warning works crossed Apple apps specified arsenic Messages and FaceTime video messages, and it’s besides enabled for AirDrop and iOS 17's caller Contact Posters feature.

After enabling Sensitive Content Warning, each nudes you person successful these apps volition beryllium blurred by default. It won’t halt you from looking astatine these images, should you choose: You tin pat the “Show” fastener connected the blurred contented to uncover the representation oregon video. That way, you get to take erstwhile and wherever you privation to presumption these images, oregon if you privation to delete them without viewing astatine all.