Does anybody actually LIKE the new iOS 18 Photos app? [MERGED]

[krspkbl]

Maybe the reason they redesigned it in such a way is for the coming of Apple Intelligence

Could that be it?

Could be. I have the featured photos thing enabled but apparently I don't have enough photos synced to iCloud lol (I do have lots of photos).

So maybe once they finally get around to adding Apple Intel then it'll work properly and not suck as much. I want them to at least give us the option to launch the Photos app with all my photos showing instead of having 40% of the screen wasted on stuff I don't really care about.

 

[AndronicusMaximus]

I'm looking for factual information

 

[Ipadonly1]

You can go into one of your Albums, click the 3 dots at the upper right and select Play Memory Video. Once it starts playing you can change the music and manage the photos. If you like it, you can choose to Add to Favorites so it will show up in the For You under Memories. This is one of my favorite features!

I’d be lost without Folders because I have so many Albums. Hope you enjoy!

Ah right yeah thank you. I wish Apple would let us change the transitions and what-not. Like give us basic iMovie features AND let us use Apple Music tracks (iMovie doesn’t allow this)

Thanks!

 

[gwhizkids]

Might be helpful to tell us what the context of your question is.

 

[AndronicusMaximus]

Might be helpful to tell us what the context of your question is.

Like, is the reason they redesigned the photos app in such a way (for iOS 18) to pave way for Apple intelligence later this year?

 

[Slartibart]

The rationale is explained by Apple here. The buzzy "deep intelligence" which is in a quote in the interview seems to refer to ML supported/mediated actions, but your guess here is as good as anyone’s. 🤪😁🙃

TLDR; Apple want to allow for ML automatisation as well as personal customisation in Photos.

 

[Iwavvns]

I'm looking for factual information

Clearly you’re not happy with the Photos app and cannot seem to adapt to the new layout. But, if you want “factual information”, you’ll have to go to the Apple engineers that designed that app.. all you’ll get here is educated guesses.

 

[AndronicusMaximus]

Clearly you’re not happy with the Photos app and cannot seem to adapt to the new layout. But, if you want to”factual information”, you’ll have to go to the Apple engineers that designed that app.. all you’ll get here is educated guesses.

That's not true. I'm asking because others hate it, and I'm worried for Apple's success

 

[dburkhanaev]

I don’t need to be told what my photos are of if I can see them right in front of me, nor do I need to be reminded of past events unless I’m in the mood to go look at them, so the classic grid view is where I spend most of my time…I haven’t tried iOS 18, has this been kept?

A lot of the curated albums/categories are redundant and a waste of precious UI real estate. There’s a video in this thread that rationally goes over the good and the bad. Mostly I agree with the reviewers take.

 

[dburkhanaev]

Could be. I have the featured photos thing enabled but apparently I don't have enough photos synced to iCloud lol (I do have lots of photos).

So maybe once they finally get around to adding Apple Intel then it'll work properly and not suck as much. I want them to at least give us the option to launch the Photos app with all my photos showing instead of having 40% of the screen wasted on stuff I don't really care about.

Depends on how different Apple Intelligence is. It’s all machine learning and they’re already using it to curate albums of so and so over the years. You on your birthday. Remind me “x” when I get home. ML cores have been in Apple silicon for years running complex algorithms to prompt just in time notifications and suggestions, picture albums, etc.

 

[dburkhanaev]

No way! Most folks are used to it at the top. Whether you specifically prefer it that way or not.

It’s about where your thumb is in relation to the UI. Address bar on bottom is a better UX experience. Apple just came around later than android and even windows phone who both used the other paradigm. And now I can’t use it so far away from my thumb.

 

[MacManiac76]

Absolutely not, even asking that is laughable. If someone really doesn't like Apple's Photo app they will just use a third-party alternative. I think mostly people that don't like it simply fear change. I don't use the Photos app that much to care one way or the other. I'm sure it will get more refined as the beta phases move along. If there is something you don't like or find not useful, report it to Apple, otherwise nothing will ever change.

 

[Cobold]

Sorry, but I actually like the new photos app 😎

 

[fw85]

I don't understand the issue either, the redesign is just fine.

People probably just resent change more than it is actually a bad design.

 

[one more]

I also like the new design, it is fresh and much more customisable than before.

 

[one more]

Yep, it is growing in me. I guess I just like the novelty of it, keeps my brain neurons on their toes. 😉

 

[gank41]

It’s about where your thumb is in relation to the UI. Address bar on bottom is a better UX experience.

Just note that this is opinion and subjective, and that not everyone agrees with that. That’s why they reverted to having both options because some people DON’T agree with your opinion.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

I can't imagine the Photos app will be the leak that sinks Apple. Regardless of how bad it is.

That being said - I'm keeping an eye out for a Photos replacement.

 

[jameseld82]

I’ve been playing about with the photos app on my iPad as I’m running the beta on that. I have to say I love the refresh and how it looks.

 

[adrianlondon]

I quite like the new layout.

I have only the one tile/tab/whatever thing at the top, so sliding either way just gives a "Customise" screen. It'd be nice if that could be disabled but I've not swiped accidentally at all, so it's fine.

Under that I have Albums. That's it.

Change I'd like to see: Allow me to see and edit photo Titles (not just the Caption/Description field) as Photos on MacOS shows Titles underneath the photo. As I export all my photos to upload elsewhere, I want an exif/iptc title.

I've written an Applescript that takes the first sentence from Caption and writes it to Title, and then leaves the remaining text, if anything, in the Caption field. But it would be great to skip that step, and see the Titles in the iOS Photos app when the Titles get re-synced back from MacOS Photos.

 

[Algr]

I haven't seen it yet, but given the mess that is Apple Music, I am quite worried. The interface was once the best thing about Apple, and now they can't seem to do anything right. Does the market always picks the worst product, somehow?

 

[tomtattoo]

We can shut down every thread if criticism is called "fear of change".

And I really want to know what alternatives are there. I don´t know any good one.

 

[redbeard331]

I’m looking it more and more, my favorite part is the new utilities, it has sections for QR codes, handwriting, documents, recently viewed, and more. I have a giant photo library so it’s helped me find all sorts of things that I’d normally never find and just give up on.

 

[bushman4]

Change is only good when it makes something better
Years ago Apple changed its photo app and a few months later reverted back to the original Photos App in an update
They may have to do this again
Looking at the photos App in the beta version I can honestly say that Apple did this only for the sake of Change

 

[fw85]

We can shut down every thread if criticism is called "fear of change".

And I really want to know what alternatives are there. I don´t know any good one.

The criticism I've read so far was almost entirely subjective stuff, often without even realizing that e.g. you can customize the app to your liking now.

Any attempted redesign of such a long-established core app is sure to rub some people the wrong way as it breaks a habit.
That doesn't mean the redesign is bad, or unnecessary.

I think it's a nice new design that somehow manages to be simpler by default, and more complex when you need it to be.
That's not an easy balance to strike.