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Weekly Recap: Android Capture App Launch, PhotoTag Downloads & Upload Improvements ๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿฌ

Weekly Recap: Android Capture App Launch, PhotoTag Downloads & Upload Improvements ๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿฌ
Hey photo friends! ๐Ÿ‘‹

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This weekโ€™s updates include something many of you have been waiting for: the first public release of the Capture App on Android. Alongside that launch, weโ€™ve also improved PhotoRoster workflows, tightened up retail safeguards, and rolled out several capture app fixes across platforms.

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Letโ€™s take a look.

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๐Ÿค– Capture App Now Available on Android (Beta)

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The first Android version of the Capture App (v5.0.1) is now available on Google Play.

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IMPORTANT:ย This is very new! So it's in BETAย at the moment. Meaning, if you want to use Android, we encourage you to try a test Event at your home or office and make sure your flow works with your particular equipment! If you run into any issues, let us know right away!

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This release brings feature parity with the iOS app (with the exception of Photo Booth Mode and AirPrint, which currently are not planned for Android):

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๐Ÿ“ท Supports all of our capture workflows
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โšก Same improved upload system introduced in iOS v5
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๐Ÿ” Camera-triggered auto-launch support
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๐ŸŽจ Android themed icon support
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๐Ÿ“ฑ Edge-to-edge Android UI support

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If youโ€™ve been wanting to run Capture on Android devices, the foundation is now here!

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Screenshots from our new Android Capture &ย Upload App!

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๐Ÿ“ฑ Capture App Improvements

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iOS โ€“ Version 5.0.1 (OTA)

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A few fixes and small usability improvements landed this week:

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๐Ÿ”Ž Participant not found message when scanning cardsโ€

  • Instead of defaulting to the first participant, the app now clearly shows when a scan doesnโ€™t match anyone.

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๐Ÿ“Š Image gallery stats now update correctly during uploads.

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๐Ÿ“‚ TKO popup now dismisses properly when setting a folder as TKO.

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๐Ÿ–ฅ Windows Capture App โ€“ Version 4.21

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โšก New image upload API improves upload speed and reduces device resource usage
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๐Ÿ“ก Better behavior when signing into events with no connectivity
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๐Ÿ“‚ Event selector now shows only active events when offline, matching iOS behavior

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๐Ÿท๏ธ Workflow Improvements

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๐Ÿ“ฅ Download PhotoTags directly from the PhotoTags pageโ€

  • This makes it simple to reuse or share tags between events.

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๐Ÿ“‚ PhotoRoster uploads increasedโ€

  • Individual image uploads now support up to 5,000 images at once (previously 1,000).

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๐ŸŽจ Candy Image Studio Reliability Fix

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Candy Image Studio uploads now behave more consistently.

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Edited images will now reliably appear in all the same places as the original image, including:

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  • All galleries
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  • QuicPics texts
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  • Personal galleries

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Previously, images only appeared if they happened to match faces or were manually assigned.

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๐Ÿ›๏ธ Retail Improvements

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A couple improvements help prevent confusing edge cases for customers:

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๐Ÿ‘ฅ Group products now properly enforce group imagesโ€

  • If someone tries selecting a non-group image for a group product, theyโ€™ll now see a clear error message.

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๐ŸŒ New international shipping noticeโ€

  • For non-US shipping addresses, customers now see a helpful reminder that customs or import fees may be charged by their country in addition to international shipping fees.

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๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Dashboard Improvements

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Some smaller UI improvements landed this week:

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โœจ Toggle switches now animate smoothly instead of appearing choppy.

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Thatโ€™s the week!

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The Android Capture App launch is a big step toward expanding device flexibility, and the PhotoTag downloads and PhotoRoster improvements should make event setup a little easier as well.

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See you next week,

Candy ๐Ÿฌ

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