You’ll be able to access Visual Intelligence from a new tab in the tablet's Camera app.

Apple users willing to install beta versions of its OS updates can get their hands on upcoming features sooner than most, as long as they're comfortable contending with the possibility of buggy software or apps breaking. And one such feature is the Siri Mode that's already available in the camera app on supported iPhones. It's also coming to compatible iPads as part of iPadOS 27.3 and will let you ask Siri AI questions about things you point your tablet's camera at.

We got our first look at this mode when Apple properly unveiled Siri AI at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June this year. It basically brings the company's Visual Intelligence tool for asking questions from photos to the camera app. But there's one distinguishing feature that's unique to iPads which isn't available on iPhones.

On iPads, Visual Intelligence includes Apple Pencil support. So, much like with Google's Circle to Search feature, you can snap a photo of something with your iPad, use your Apple Pencil to draw a circle around an item and learn more information about the object with the help of Siri AI.

It's worth noting that Visual Intelligence is already available on compatible tablets — iPad Pro and iPad Air with the M1 chip and newer, and iPad mini with the A17 Pro or A20 Pro chipset . As things stand, you can access it in the Camera app by long-pressing the Camera Control button or pressing the Action button if you've set it up to activate the feature (and your iPad has an Action button, of course).

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