Sharing with more control
iCloud Shared Albums let multiple people contribute photos and videos to a shared space. Through iOS 26, permissions were essentially binary: active participant or view-only. With iOS 27, the album owner can assign more granular permissions to individual participants, differentiating for example who can only view, who can add content, and who can invite new members.
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This addresses a real need in family or extended group sharing: you don't always want all participants to be able to invite strangers or add photos freely. The feature complements the other already-announced Shared Albums improvement in iOS 27 — full resolution for Android and Windows — completing a significant update package for one of the most-used photo sharing tools in the Apple ecosystem. Documented in the list of 263 WWDC keynote features by iClarified.