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Highlights

Welcome to version v2.2.0 of Immich. This release comes with the traditional Immich fashion, where the features and enhancements list is longer than the bug fixes list. Let's dive right into the highlights of this exciting release

• New mutable Docker tag for v2 versions
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
• [Web] WASM implementation for justified layout calculation 🦀
• [Web] UI improvement for the review duplicates screen
• [Mobile] Show albums in the asset's detail sheet
• [Mobile] Show similar photos
• [Mobile] Chat-style for activity view
• [Mobile] High precision seeking for video
• [Mobile] New UI to present server-client version mismatch
• Option to create a new user as an admin
• Notable fix: older iOS devices freeze when spawning background tasks
• Notable fix: temporary files on iOS are now cleaned up properly

Docker tag for v2 versions

The example.env file has been updated to use IMMICH_RELEASE=v2, which is a mutable Docker tag that points to the latest 2.x.x release image.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

OCR search has been one of the most requested features on our users' wishlists. Thanks to the fantastic work of @flipped-1121 and @mertalev, Immich can now recognize texts in images, adding a powerful capability to its already powerful search features. This will help users find lost family recipes or a crypto wallet's passphrase more easily.

The OCR pipeline is integrated into the existing machine learning flow. For new uploads, it will run automatically with the existing machine learning flow. For existing setups, you can go to Administration > Job > Click on "All" for OCR job to extract OCR information for your gallery

To search for letters in photos, a new radio button has been added to the search type on the web app, and in the dropdown list on the mobile app.

[Web] WASM implementation for justified layout calculation 🦀

This release comes with a blazing-fast re-implementation of the justified layout on the web, which makes calculating the size of the thumbnails in each bucket several times faster, significantly improving the rendering performance for a large bucket, i.e., 10s of thousands of assets in a single month

[Web] UI improvement for the review duplicates screen

To help you decide which asset to keep in a group of duplicates, more information has been added to the info section below each asset, including date/time, location, and the number of albums the asset is in. The info section has been redesigned to make scanning the information faster, with different properties getting highlighted. We will keep improving on this interface to make it more intuitive

[Mobile] Show albums in the asset's detail sheet

You can view and navigate to the albums that the asset belongs to in the info sheet

[Mobile] Show similar photos

The popular feature "Show similar photos" has made its way to the mobile app. You can use the button in the detail sheet to find similar images to the one you are viewing.

[Mobile] Chat-style for album activity view

The album's activity view now displays the messages and actions in a chat-style view, making it easier to follow

[Mobile] High precision seeking for video

The progress bar of the video player now has higher precision duration handling. This makes seeking much more fluid than before, as well as making position updates in the progress bar smooth, rather than jumping from second to second.

[Mobile] New UI to present server-client version mismatch

As we are now in the stable-era, we want to make the notification of a new version more subtle, less distracting. The update message and icon's color on the mobile app have been redesigned for that purpose.

When your server version is older than the available one, a message with a clickable link is displayed, directing you to the latest release notes.

When your mobile app version is older than the one available on the App Store, a message with a clickable link appears, directing you to the App Store to perform the update.

What's Changed

🔒 Security

• fix(server): bump valkey to 8 by @mmomjian in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22911

🚀 Features

• feat(ml): coreml by @mertalev in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/17718
• feat(server): Option to configure SMTPS transport by @clementmartin in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22833
• feat: show location & date on duplicate asset comparison overview by @adrianjost in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22632
• feat: view the user's app version on the user page by @aviv926 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21345
• feat: GHA for iOS release flow by @alextran1502 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23196
• feat(web): add search filter for camera lens model. by @dagstuan in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21792
• feat(web): load original videos by @andre-antunesdesa in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/20041
• feat(cli): add --delete-duplicates option by @RobinJ1995 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/20035
• feat: ocr by @flipped-1121 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/18836
• feat: show "appears in" albums on asset viewer bottom sheet by @bwees in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21925
• feat: getAssetOcr endpoint by @alextran1502 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23331
• feat(mobile): view similar photos by @vitoksmile in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22148
• feat(mobile): chat-style album activities timeline by @idubnori in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23185

🌟 Enhancements

• feat(album): show per-user contributions in shared albums by @Chaoscontrol in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21740
• feat: add video auto play setting by @Saschl in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/20416
• fix(web): improve scrubber behavior on scroll-limited timelines by @midzelis in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22917
• feat(web): Download links and Obtainium link generator on Utilities page and onboarding by @NicholasFlamy in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/20589
• feat(web): create user as admin by @jrasm91 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23026
• chore: rework backup success notification descriptions by @bwees in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23024
• feat(mobile): Change the UI of asset activity list to bottom sheet by @idubnori in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23075
• feat: improved update messaging on app bar server info by @bwees in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22938
• refactor(web): improve date labels in scrubber by @midzelis in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23046
• feat: support database dumps for pg18 by @zackpollard in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23186
• feat: improvements of thumbnail animations by @Lauritz-Tieste in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/20300
• feat(web): reactively update shared link expiration by @khanbasharat3a1 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22274
• feat: (mobile) open asset viewer from album activity page by @idubnori in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23182
• feat(mobile): high precision seeking by @mertalev in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22346
• feat(web): wasm justified layout, sync edition by @mertalev in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23194
• feat: logout sessions on password change by @MontejoJorge in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23188
• feat(server): enhance metadata reading for video files by @tstachl in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23258
• feat: improve UI for resolving duplication detection by @alextran1502 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23145
• feat: toasts by @jrasm91 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23298
• feat: asset copy by @danieldietzler in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23172

🐛 Bug fixes

• fix(web): prevent photo-only memories showing mute button by @meesfrensel in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22802
• fix: get all assets for the Recents album on iOS by @alextran1502 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22956
• fix: tag clean up query and add tests by @MontejoJorge in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22633
• fix: unit overlapses value in server stats card by @alextran1502 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22994
• fix: navigate to time action by @midzelis in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/20928
• fix: remove assets from shared link by @MontejoJorge in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22935
• fix(server): only asset owner should see favorite status by @pwojtaszko in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/20654
• fix(web): render context overlays over the scrollbar by @PaulSonOfLars in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23007
• fix(web): two scrollbars in folder view by @YarosMallorca in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23045
• fix: skip ML availability check if ML is disabled by @bo0tzz in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23053
• chore: skip dialog for single merged asset by @shenlong-tanwen in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22958
• fix(mobile): notate experimental network features, cleanup mis assigned translation tags by @mmomjian in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23021
• fix(ml): pin cudnn version by @mertalev in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23110
• fix(server): use GPSLongitudeRef and GPSLatitudeRef EXIF fields by @ruippeixotog in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21445
• fix: allow editing all images by @bwees in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23144
• fix: isolate freeze app on older ios device by @alextran1502 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22509
• fix: android skip posting hash response after detached from engine by @shenlong-tanwen in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23192
• fix: back/forward navigation won't reset scroll in timeline by @midzelis in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22838
• fix: handle null bucketId or name in android local sync by @shenlong-tanwen in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23224
• fix: fetch original name before upload by @shenlong-tanwen in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21877
• fix: focus-trap on safari by @midzelis in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23246
• fix(web): disable picture-in-picture on video viewer by @tstachl in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23318
• fix: make hitbox on app bar dialog bigger by @bwees in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23316
• fix: clear temp cache on iOS before uploads by @shenlong-tanwen in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23326

📚 Documentation

• fix(web): clarify some transcoding settings by @meesfrensel in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22797
• docs: fix small error by @0xflotus in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22890
• docs: Expand on OpenVINO WSL HW accel by @Mraedis in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21054
• docs: clarify well-known usage by @jrasm91 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23018
• feat: move community projects and guides to immich-aweseome by @jrasm91 in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23016
• fix(docs): cli upload json format example by @leepeuker in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22858
• docs: update backup-and-restore.md by @nickwebcouk in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21065

New Contributors

• @Chaoscontrol made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21740
• @meesfrensel made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22802
• @0xflotus made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22890
• @clementmartin made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22833
• @leepeuker made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22858
• @nickwebcouk made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21065
• @idubnori made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23075
• @ruippeixotog made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/21445
• @Nykri made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22888
• @slagiewka made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23130
• @khanbasharat3a1 made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22274
• @andre-antunesdesa made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/20041
• @RobinJ1995 made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/20035
• @flipped-1121 made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/18836
• @ZacWarham made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23275
• @tstachl made their first contribution in https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/23258

Full Changelog: https://github.com/immich-app/immich/compare/v2.1.0...v2.2.0

Cheers,
The Immich Team