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Changelog - Ente Photos ​

A short summary list of changes to the Ente Photos mobile and desktop apps. For a more descriptive list with screenshots and blog post links, see the news.

v1.3.10 (mobile) - Feb 2026 ​

  • Notifications for likes and comments
  • Support for hidden rituals
  • Better upload reliability

v1.7.18 (desktop) - Feb 2026 ​

  • Hide shared albums
  • Right click context menu for photos
  • Cleanup large files
  • Fix search bar losing focus on last backspace
  • Hide empty favorites album from albums bar
  • Cleanup uncategorized photos
  • Hide favorites from album selector dialogs
  • Show current album in album selector for upload flow
  • Sort albums when uploading, adding, moving photos
  • Select all memories in gallery and albums view
  • Edit location of photos and videos
  • More sorting options of albums lists
  • Improved UI for login and sign-up pages
  • Improved map view rendering logic
  • Upload directly to hidden albums

v1.3.7 (mobile) - Jan 2026 ​

  • Settings screen redesign
  • Search within settings
  • Faster search tab loading
  • Search bar moved to top
  • Results screen redesign
  • Search within discovery, location, file type sections
  • Allow admin and album owner to delete comments
  • Pinch to zoom on video
  • View all ignored persons
  • Better merge flow
  • Search and custom sort on people page
  • Consistent sorting of contacts
  • Preview images for unsupported image formats
  • Swap photos and tap to replace in collage creator
  • Performance improvement on file info sheet
  • Fix for music pausing when opening the app
  • Fix for swipe to select issue on Samsung S devices
  • Fix for splash screen issue after backup restore
  • Fix for gallery issues on tablets and landscape mode
  • Fix for uncategorised page not updating after move

v1.3.0 (mobile) - Jan 2026 ​

  • Likes and comments
  • Admin role for albums
  • Video streaming improvements

v1.7.17 (desktop) - Dec 2025 ​

  • Map view.
  • Manually tag people in photos.
  • Album admins can now remove photos added by collaborators.
  • Viewers and collaborators can see and copy public links.
  • Free users can now create public links (device limit of 5).

v1.2.31 (mobile) - Dec 2025 ​

  • Rituals
  • Manually tag people
  • Public links for everyone
  • Shared albums pinning
  • New favorite icon

v1.2.28 (mobile) - Dec 2025 ​

  • Ability to pin people
  • Hide people from memories
  • Fresh QR code designs for links
  • Performance improvements on Rewind
  • Setting to disable Swipe to Select

v1.7.16 (desktop) - Nov 2025 ​

  • Support Greek translations.
  • Ability to terminate sessions on other devices.
  • Quick access for search: Ctrl/Cmd + K.
  • Search now shows settings.
  • Ability to pin people.
  • Ability to add a photo to an album from the photo viewer menu.

v1.2.20 (mobile) - Nov 2025 ​

  • Move Add button to top in Albums, Contacts, and Location Tags screens for easier access
  • Add full scrollable overview of people in the person edit page for easier merging of people
  • Enable select all functionality in shared album date headers
  • Update "Send Link" feature to share only link text instead of image
  • Improve the scroll position behavior in the similar images page
  • Fix OCR for HEIC files on Android
  • Fix continuous loading in map view when no images have location data

v1.2.18 (mobile) - Nov 2025 ​

  • Jump to date - See surrounding photos for any photo by selecting the jump to date option in the file's info pane.

  • Faster video editor - Video editor was revamped to both drastically improve its speed when editing larger videos, and also improve the UX.

v1.2.15 (mobile) - Oct 2025 ​

  • OCR! Select text in photos - Ente will detect if a photo or screenshot has an text and show you a button to enter text selection mode. Each line of text can be individually selected.
  • Swipe to select - Use the swipe gesture to quickly select photos in your gallery. Works great with one handed use, without needing to lift up your finger!
  • New memories - "Playful kids", "Winter adventures", "Neon nights", and more.
  • Support for landscape layout in the app's main gallery.
  • Show persons without any associated photos instead of filtering them out.
  • Improve video aspect detection when shared from external apps.

v1.7.15 (desktop) - Oct 2025 ​

  • Search functionality for album selection dialogs.
  • Quicker way to create new albums.
  • New layouts for public albums - grouped, continuous and trip.
  • Custom domain support for public album sharing.
  • Support Czech translations.

v1.2.11 (mobile) - Oct 2025 ​

  • Map view for your trips - Choose between grouped, continuous, or trip (map-based) layouts when sharing albums.
  • Embed albums - Embed your albums in your own website, blog, photography portfolio. Ente takes care of hosting!
  • Shared albums in widgets - Home screen widgets now supports albums that have been shared with you.
  • Quality of life wins - Add photos to albums from file viewer. Album level guest view option.
  • Sharing improvements - Share public links using a QR code. Customize the ability to join albums from links you share.