In addition to the new professional-grade features, Gurman writes that you’ll be able to toggle past modes like photo and video to a whole new mode called Siri mode. Apparently Siri mode can be used for things like translating text within the camera app, or pointing your phone at a flower and finding out what kind it is.

Sony avoided a major redesign of its flagship smartphone for over half a decade, keeping the same look since 2020’s Xperia 1 II. Rather than vertically oriented cameras, Sony is now moving to a raised camera island at the top left of the rear of the new Xperia 1 VIII.