The first major version of Ente Photos launched just a few weeks ago.
We've since been working heads down to make Ente Photos one of the best photo apps in the world. Here are some of the improvements we've shipped in this release.
On this day
Celebrations make some days special, serendipity the rest. Being able to savor some of these moments is what life is about.
Ente Photos will now remind you of your memories at the start of every day. We'll sift through your photos (locally on device) and notify you if there are ones you might want to revisit.
We understand not everyone likes notifications, so you can opt-out from Settings.
Powerful widgets
v1 made it possible to access your memories on your home screen. This update takes this feature a few steps ahead by introducing different types of widgets.
- People – ground yourself with memories of your favorite people
- Albums – quickly access your favorite album(s)
- Memories – relive auto curated moments
You can configure who and what you'd like to pin to your home screen from Settings.
Sharing
Photo sharing is a beautiful problem we've started working on – there's so much to do! You will now start seeing some changes, that will make photo sharing better, starting with...
Favorites
You can now share your favorites.
This makes it easy to update your favorite people with your best moments – simply tap on that 💚 and your photo will land on their timeline.
Contacts
When you open a contact from the Shared tab, you will now see a timeline with the albums and photos they've shared with you.
We're working on a single feed for all shared memories, more on that soon!
Albums
We've added bulk actions for albums.
You can long-press to select multiple albums and share / pin / archive / hide them in one shot. You can even add new photos into multiple albums in one shot.
This means in 5 clicks you can share your entire library with your partner!
Video streaming (beta)
Since you scrolled this far, you might be interested in knowing that video streaming is now available everywhere.
You can create streams for your videos from our desktop app. Since this feature is in beta, please turn on the toggle for "Streamable videos" from Settings.
What's next?
We're having a blast building Ente Photos.
There's an infinite stream of interesting todos that is difficult to share or commit to over a monologue like this one. If you'd like to talk to us please join our Discord.
All of our work is fully open source, so feel free to stalk us on GitHub.