1.7.3
2023-03-22
New Features
• Long-pressing now activates multi-select where applicable.
• Added an optional text box for sharing via email.
• Added “Learn More” links to features on the Home Screen.
• Added internal and external drive to the filter in “My Photos”.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
• Improved network condition handling.
• Fixed a crash issue.
• Fixed layout issues.
• Fixed a UI casting issue.
• English wording update.
1.6.2
2023-02-16
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Fixed a Mobile Camera Roll permission issue.
1.5.2
2023-02-03
New Features
- Manually edit time and location for photos and videos.
- Added PRO TIP card on the Home page.
- Display video file information in Detailed Info.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Enhanced Home page display.
- Fixed casting issues.
- Fixed a photo filter issue.
- French and Italian language support.
1.4.3
2023-01-04
New Features
- Smart Albums and saving system-generated albums.
- Selfies/Panoramas/Screenshots categories in My Albums.
- Dark Mode UI.
- Photo thumbnail clean-up.
- Display release notes for new features in Amber iX App updates.
- Ability to share exported root folders.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Merged external photos to My Photos page.
- Updated My Albums page layout (compatible with Amber X OS 1.25.2).
- Fixed tablet layout issues.
- Fixed Home page issues.
- Fixed crashing issues.
- Fixed UI layout issues.
- German UI support.
- English, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Spanish UI string update.
1.2.2
2022-10-14
New Features
- Manage indexing for external drive folders (compatible with upcoming Amber X OS 1.24.x).
- File name search (compatible with upcoming Amber X OS 1.24.x).
- "Recent Added" photo filter (compatible with upcoming Amber X OS 1.24.x).
- Tablet landscape view.
- Push notification support.
- Spanish language support.
Bug Fixes and Enhancement
- Display People thumbnails under Smart AI on the Home screen.
- Fixed casting issues.
- Fixed Home screen issues.
1.1.14
2022-09-22
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a time zone setup issue.
1.0.13
2022-09-06
New Features
- Support HDMI portrait video casting.
- Allow managing folder indexing settings under the Home folder on the Indexing Status page.
- Add face recognition status for the indexing drive on the Indexing Status page.
- Add video display in the preview mode.
- Support pull-down refresh behavior on the Home page.
- Support account deletion.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Enhanced Wi-Fi connection failure page guidance.
- Fixed some casting issues.
- Fixed cannot accept Amber invitation issue.
- Fixed an IPv6 detection issue.
0.19.4
2022-06-08
New Features
- Music being played can now be minimized into a mini-player.
- Support Traditional Chinese UI.
- "Add to album" support in AI Objects page.
- Amber Owner can receive OS notifications via in-app notifications.
Bug fixes and enhancements
- Fixed MyPhotos issues.
- Modified “remember login password” flow.
- Fixed some UX issues.
- Display the external drive’s name on the Home page.
0.18.3
2022-05-11
New Features
- Export documents (such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) to 3rd party apps.
- Add photos and videos to albums from “People”.
Bug Fix and Enhancements
- Set the new “Home” screen as default and removed the "Cloud" and "Amber" tab.
- Fixed several new Home screen issues.
- UI wording update.
0.17.3
2022-03-28
New Features
• Support for adding photos to album from External Photos page.
• New Home page layout.
• Support for music & video volume adjustment when casting.
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• Support for iOS keychain service to remember account login.
Bug Fix and Enhancement
• Enhanced file transfer performance under poor network conditions.
• Enhanced navigation for tab icon.
0.16.6
2022-02-24
New Features
- Quick multiple select in My Photos, My Albums, People & Things page.
- Display the file path of deleted files in the Recycle Bin.
- Display all duplicated photo paths in the Detail Info panel.
- Go to destination in the video player.
Bug Fix and Enhancements
- Error handling UX and message improvement.
- Increase albums max photos from 500 to 2000.
0.15.5
2022-01-20
New Features
• Album group support
• Video playback and download support for shared albums
• Indicate public share link status on the Outgoing share page
Bug Fix and Enhancements
• Improved error handling and messages
0.14.3
2021-12-14
New Features
• iOS live Photo Backup Support.
• Multiple file restoration support from Recycle Bin.
• Show file path for files in Recycle Bin.
• Support external drive eject.
• Allow destination selection when sharing files from 3rd party app to Amber.
• In App Support for adding Photos and Videos to albums via File Explorer.
• Enhanced navigation for: My Photos/People & Things/My Albums page(s).
• Implement Sorting feature for the Shared by me page.
Bug Fix and Enhancements
• Fix app login issue caused by IPv6.
• Provide a warning message when storage is full.
• General performance and setup improvements.
0.13.5
2021-11-04
New Features
- AI keyword search in My Photos filter page.
- People face cover change support in People & Things page.
- Show more orientation info on the photo detail page.
Bug fix and enhancements
- Increase camera roll page maximum file selection limit from 20 to 100.
- Support incremental share and not to keep sending emails to the existing sharees when editing the share.
- Fix several photo and album related issues.
- Support symbol $ and ^ in the file name.
- Fix several file panel browsing issues.
- Fix the incorrect file size issue on the Free Space panel.
- Enhance the volume decryption page.
0.12.4
2021-10-04
New feature
• Support more file sorting methods including sorting by name/size/modified date/type on AmberCloud, Amber, Share, Offline, and Recycle Bin pages.
• Support casting for the extension drive.
• Support photo detail info page on My Albums, People & Things pages.
• Notify new recognized people on the People page.
Bug fix and enhancements
• Manual backup UX enhancement.
0.11.5
2021-08-25
• Support adding files from the destination folder.
• Support album sharing.
• Add photo EXIF information in the photo viewer.
• Include video status on the photo indexing status page.
• Add more detailed information for camera roll backup.
• Support removing the share link in the share panel.
0.10.5
2021-06-28
1. Display videos on the “My Photos” page.
• Allow adding videos into albums.
• Add filters for photo and video type.
2. Provide indexing status page.
• Allow users to see how many photos, faces and objects are recognized by the Amber X OS.
• Enable control to hide/show duplicate photos on the “My Photos” page.
• Enable options to hide/show unwanted AI object photo categories.
• Enable options to disable/enable AI face recognition and object detection.
3. Enable ability to edit and change “cloud share permission” settings.
4. Support contact list import for ease of file sharing with existing contacts (email addresses).
5. Add Recycle Bin feature for Amber and Cloud files page.
6. Enable LED Brightness Control in the Amber X management page.
7. Unified share and export with single entry to prevent confusion.
8. Enhanced the performance for multiple file copy.
0.9.3
2021-05-18
1. Enhanced p2p performance and improved backup speeds by 30% - 100% (depending on p2p mode).
2. Add resource control support in the Amber iX App to improve backup and photo browsing performance (throttle lag due to indexing).
3. Enable users to manually select photos for backup, in lieu of a general all-photo backup.
4. Enable acceptance for “any” file type from third-party app share.
5. General bug fixes and UI improvement for album, photo filtering, casting and file browsing.
0.8.5
2021-04-15
Improved + Enhanced Features
• Improved UI to support filter view for recent history.
• Improved UI with delete button in camera roll image preview page.
• Improved UI to support backup detail status on Home page.
• Enhanced app feature to support location filter on My Photos.
• Enhanced app feature to support list and thumbnail view for albums.
Bug Fixes + Enhancements
• Fixed app auto-login issues.
• Enhanced network detection to improve backup performance issues.
• Improved error notification for images that failed to back-up.
• Improved in-app notifications and UI messaging.
• Improved photo filter related issues.
• Enhanced in-app setup support for hidden WiFi networks.
0.7.7
2021-03-12
New Features
- Add “Free Space” App functionality to auto-delete older backed-up camera-roll items.
- Enable Photo Deletion on the “My Photos” page.
- Enable Photo Deletion on the “Camera Roll” page.
- Enable Auto-Notification when a new App version is available.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- P2P Connection and Network Monitoring Enhancements.
- General App Performance Improvements.
- Add backup stop-limit on low battery.
- Enable optional usage and analytics information for developer debugging.
0.7.2
2021-02-27
New Features
- AI function enabling
Enhancements
- Improved user flow to enable Amber OS update(s)
- Improved performance and App stability.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
0.6.6
2021-02-03
- Add photo filtering functions by device folder, camera and date.
- Add function to create new album from existing album.
- Enhance UI and bug fixings.
0.5.3
2020-12-11
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
- Album creation
0.4.4
2020-11-02
performance improvement
0.3.0
2020-09-27
Add tip and quick guide.