Adobe’s Premiere video editor launches on iPhone with AI features, 4K HDR support, and cross-platform sync, aiming to compete with CapCut and other mobile editing apps.

Adobe has launched its Premiere video editing app on iPhone, marking a major expansion of the professional-grade tool to mobile devices. The app is now available for free download on the App Store, with an Android version currently in development. Designed for creators on the go, the mobile Premiere app brings key features typically found in desktop editing software to smartphones. It includes a multi-track timeline that supports video, audio, music, and text layers, enabling users to build complex projects directly from their iPhones. The app also supports 4K HDR editing, auto-generated captions, and advanced adjustments for color, shadows, and lighting on a per-frame basis—optimized for the mobile screen. For users recording videos on their phones, background noise is often a challenge. The app includes an intuitive noise reduction tool that lets users enhance dialogue with a simple slider control, improving audio clarity with minimal effort. Adobe has integrated several AI-powered features into the mobile app, powered by its Firefly generative AI models. Users can generate custom background sounds using text prompts, or even hum or sing a melody, which the AI will interpret and convert into a sound effect. The app also allows users to create custom images and stickers, and transform still images into animated video clips for smooth transitions. While the core editing tools are free, access to these AI features requires Adobe Creative Cloud credits, which users can purchase. Additionally, the app provides free access to Adobe’s extensive stock library, including photos, video clips, and audio tracks, enabling creators to enhance their projects without licensing concerns. A key advantage of the mobile Premiere app is seamless integration with Adobe’s desktop ecosystem. Users can begin editing a project on their iPhone and continue working on it on a desktop computer using Adobe Creative Cloud. However, the reverse—sending a project from desktop to mobile—is not yet supported. “We want to empower all types of creators to work. We know that the next generation of creators chooses and prefers to edit on mobile. And so that’s [the new mobile app] a critical way that we meet them where they’re at,” said Mike Folgner, product director at Adobe, in a conversation with TechCrunch. The launch of Premiere on mobile is part of Adobe’s broader strategy to bring its creative tools to smartphones and tablets. The company has already introduced Photoshop for iOS and Android, and Firefly for mobile, positioning itself as a direct competitor to popular mobile video apps like CapCut (ByteDance), Meta’s Edits, a16z-backed Captions, and India-based InVideo.