“Background Sync on iOS” (already supported in Android)
“Resumable Uploads and Downloads”
“Support for Large Videos” up to 10 GB
“Improvements to Facial Recognition”
“More pleasing albums tabs”
Furthermore, this is what Ente is working for next:
We are rewriting the gallery experience to help us improve scrolling performance, and also unlock features like Swipe to Select, Jump to Date, Mosaic Layout, and Similar Photo stacking. We are expecting these to be available over the next 3-4 months.
The team is also working on new features like smart albums, an interface to clean your library, an improved image editor, and a local-first mode. Apart from these, performance improvement across the board is also a priority workstream for the team.
Summary done with direct quotes from the blog post with some added clarifications done by me
This is a big update from Ente with many great improvements. What are you the most excited about?
I really like the Ente company and its people. I would love to support the company and migrate from Apple Photos to Ente, but unfortunately it’s far too expensive. The photos retention is a whole life for me, unfortunately it will be gigantically expensive. I’d rather have local storage and the non-FLOSS Apple Photos app. That’s sad.
How exactly does the background sync work given the iOS restrictions? Is it a true background sync like on Android or just “yeah it keeps working for a few more minutes after you leave the app lmao”
The blog post has some information regarding this, so you should read that if you haven’t already. Otherwise, you probably should ask from Ente directly if you want more details.
