iPad OS 18 Photos

[Rich_B]

It’s a long time since an update has upset me enough to visit forums and give feedback to Apple. Below is feedback I have given on the Photos app. Does anyone have any inside knowledge on whether Apple realises how much it has messed up this one??
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I very rarely give feedback - but this one feels too important just to accept “getting used to it”.

Until this recent update, Photos app was one of the best features of iPad, and the app I used the most. Browsing whole library of photos, swiping through full screen photos, playing videos, basic editing, searching, sharing. Everything was very fluid, usable, and an enjoyable way to experience my photos/videos collection.

The most recent update has, unfortunately, spoiled this in so many ways as to summarise that the experience has been ruined. Some examples:

• To reach full library for photo browsing now requires an extra, awkward, swipe/press which is sometimes unresponsive
• I set preferred size for preview/thumbnails in main library, but this always gets reset / forgotten next time I open the app
• To view full screen photos is now an extra press with a short delay - awkward and
• Swiping between photos is less responsive, with swipe gesture sometimes being ignored or mistaken for a tap which toggles full screen
• Video playback is highly frustrating - variability on (a) auto-play vs not (b) audio active or not (c) ease of play/pause/slider controls (d) auto loop / repeat - this last one is particularly difficult to live with.

Please, please give option to revert to previous Photos app - I can’t see how fixing each of these individually is realistically going to happen.

Thank you.

 

[jonnyb098]

Only one of these has been resolved in 18.2 and that’s the selected thumbnail size actually sticking and not reverting to tiny thumbnails after closing the app. (Nevermind…no it’s not). It stuck for a few hours but this morning it’s back to tiny thumbnails. Only workaround is to turn stage manager on.

The rest still remain. What’s even weirder is that on iPhone photos and videos now default to full screen when tapping but not on iPad. Still requires the extra tap to go full screen and get the header and footer out of the way

And the swipes being falsely registered as taps is infuriating. Only way around it is to make sure you give it a longer swip instead of a “flick” when scrolling left to right on images

Whomever rebuilt the app needs to be tarred, feathered and given a pink slip.

I’m fine with redesigns but when basic functionality becomes busted it’s an epic FAIL

 

[Performa460]

It’s a long time since an update has upset me enough to visit forums and give feedback to Apple. Below is feedback I have given on the Photos app. Does anyone have any inside knowledge on whether Apple realises how much it has messed up this one??
……..
I very rarely give feedback - but this one feels too important just to accept “getting used to it”.

Until this recent update, Photos app was one of the best features of iPad, and the app I used the most. Browsing whole library of photos, swiping through full screen photos, playing videos, basic editing, searching, sharing. Everything was very fluid, usable, and an enjoyable way to experience my photos/videos collection.

The most recent update has, unfortunately, spoiled this in so many ways as to summarise that the experience has been ruined. Some examples:

• To reach full library for photo browsing now requires an extra, awkward, swipe/press which is sometimes unresponsive
• I set preferred size for preview/thumbnails in main library, but this always gets reset / forgotten next time I open the app
• To view full screen photos is now an extra press with a short delay - awkward and
• Swiping between photos is less responsive, with swipe gesture sometimes being ignored or mistaken for a tap which toggles full screen
• Video playback is highly frustrating - variability on (a) auto-play vs not (b) audio active or not (c) ease of play/pause/slider controls (d) auto loop / repeat - this last one is particularly difficult to live with.

Please, please give option to revert to previous Photos app - I can’t see how fixing each of these individually is realistically going to happen.

Thank you.

Glad I saw this post because I was debating returning my iPad to get another one because sometimes my swipes in Photos don't register and I have to re-swipe! This has never happened in any of my other iOS/iPadOS devices and is so frustrating.

I guess this is a software issue after all, and I don't have to exchange it, but I wonder if it will be fixed in previous versions.

I'm not on 18.2, but on 18.1.1 which came pre-installed.

Wondering if I should update to 18.2 now, or wait.

 

[FlyingDutch]

Glad I saw this post because I was debating returning my iPad to get another one because sometimes my swipes in Photos don't register and I have to re-swipe! This has never happened in any of my other iOS/iPadOS devices and is so frustrating.

I guess this is a software issue after all, and I don't have to exchange it, but I wonder if it will be fixed in previous versions.

I'm not on 18.2, but on 18.1.1 which came pre-installed.

Wondering if I should update to 18.2 now, or wait.

Well, it is better to update to iOS 18.2 anyway . Usually iOS / iPadOS become more stable at version X.2 or X.3
Photos app is kind of a mess anyway. You can customize it to your needs via the options on the bottom , but it never is very good .