Patch Notes

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where photos re-sorted themselves for a few seconds every time the gallery opened.
• Fixed a bug where photos copied from another device all appeared under today's date.
• Fixed a bug where pull-to-refresh reloaded the whole library instead of just what changed.
• Fixed a bug where the people row redrew the whole screen and made the app stutter while idle.
• Fixed a bug where merging people could freeze the screen for several seconds.
• Fixed a bug where the cleanup hub stuttered while scrolling.
• Fixed a bug where sharing did nothing on iPad.
• Fixed a bug where Share diagnostics came back empty on iPhone.
• Fixed a bug where the edit pencil on face circles was cut off.

New

• Filtored is starting testing on iPhone and iPad.

Enhanced

• Finding similar photos is much faster.
• Similar-photos screen redesign.
• Photos with text are read instantly.

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where labels and category chips showed nothing on iPhone.
• Fixed a bug where text saved from a photo could be wiped by the background scan.
• Fixed a bug where sharing a photo stored in iCloud came back empty.
• Fixed a bug where deleting a photo from full screen left it in the similar-photos grid.
• Fixed memory management issues that could cause slowness and crashes.

New

• On This Day - see the photos you took on this date every year Day or Week view.
• My Family - suggests you photos for deletion that were received from chat groups that do not include your named profiles.

Enhanced

• Smoother people row - face pictures in the gallery now show up in steady batches instead of the screen redrawing every few faces.
• Profiles open anywhere - tapping a person inside the cleanup screens now opens their full profile.

Fixed

• Battery drain while idle - fixed the gallery quietly redrawing itself over and over on libraries with lots of people.
• Stutter while scanning - fixed short freezes caused by the app writing too many background log lines while merging profiles.
• Leftover loading - fixed photo previews that kept loading after you closed their sheet.

New

• Read text in photos - select any text directly from an image to copy, share, or search it online.
• QR & barcode scanning in the photo viewer - links open with one tap.
• Search by words inside photos, not just tags.
• Your own labels - add custom labels to any photo or edit labels found by AI.
• Similar Photos - find near-identical shots and clear them out.
• Event albums rework - tag events with existing or custom tags.
• Notifications system in the profile tab.

Enhanced

• Faster people merging - combine similar faces much quicker and pick multiple matches at once.
• Smooth swipe navigation - slide search and filters open naturally with your finger.
• Drag-to-select - drag across the Events grid to select multiple photos in one go.
• Independent filters - use category filters (People, Food, Documents) without resetting search results.
• Live cleanup progress - see real-time progress while bulk deleting photos.
• Instant Cleanup hub - opens right away and remembers scan counts so you don't wait.
• Languages - Event tags and holidays are now available in Hebrew and Russian.

Fixed

• Accidental face merges - fixed a bug where two people in one photo were grouped into one profile.
• Grey avatars - fixed profiles getting stuck on a blank silhouette instead of showing face photos.
• Names on profile splits - fixed names getting lost when separating mistakenly combined people.
• Missing event albums - fixed newly tagged events occasionally losing their album.
• Duplicate accuracy - tightened duplicate detection to stop grouping non-identical photos.
• Scan freezing - fixed scans getting stuck mid-way and made the time remaining estimate accurate.
• Screen layout issues - fixed text cut-offs and broken screens when using large system fonts.
• Limited photo access - fixed new photos not being scanned when using limited Android gallery permissions.