Wider RAW support makes culling even smoother. - Greatly expanded RAW support. Bridge Lite now reads the embedded preview correctly from many more cameras: Olympus ORF (incl. OM-5 Mark II), Canon CRW, Leica RWL, medium-format Hasselblad (3FR/FFF) and Phase One (IIQ), Nikon Z6 III, and Apple ProRAW / iPhone DNG - Added a time-of-day filter with a midnight pivot. A concert or event that runs past midnight no longer splits across two days — the whole night stays together when you filter by time - Added "Date Taken" as a sort option, ordering photos by their EXIF capture time - RAW files with no usable preview now show a clear "No preview" placeholder instead of an endless spinner - Filter category chips now extend to the edge of the screen - Fixed: after opening a different folder, a photo from the previously opened folder could occasionally appear

iPad support is here. The detail view opens with a smooth zoom transition and closes with the same swipe gesture you know from Photos. In landscape, EXIF data is displayed in a 2×4 grid alongside the photo. In portrait, info cards are stacked below the image. The layout adapts automatically to Stage Manager and multitasking window sizes. When swiping to close, the close button, rating, color labels, and other UI elements fade out in sync with the gesture for a clean, seamless exit. - Redesigned color label control — the selected label now shows a checkmark - The auto-release timeout (which frees folder memory after inactivity) now defaults to 5 minutes - Full-resolution image cache in the detail view is now dynamically managed based on available memory - Improved the photo info card design on iPhone

Landscape orientation is now supported. Rotate your iPhone sideways to get a 5-column grid view, and a side-by-side layout in the detail view — with your photo on one side and rating, color label, and EXIF info on the other. Same workflow, more screen. The fullscreen view has been redesigned. Tap the "ⓘ" button on the right edge to slide in a panel with rating, color label, delete, and EXIF info. Tap outside the panel to dismiss it. - Fixed an issue where double-tapping could unintentionally toggle fullscreen - Fixed an issue where single-tap could become unresponsive after switching photos - Stability improvements

This update brings a major improvement to scanning speed and battery usage. You can now delete photos directly from the app. Long-press a thumbnail or tap "…" in the detail view to move an entire group to the Trash — so you can clear out the obvious rejects right as you work. Thumbnail loading has been redesigned from the ground up. Cached photos appear the moment scanning starts, and uncached ones are generated on the fly as you scroll. For Sony and other camera JPEGs, Bridge Lite uses the embedded preview image for fast, high-quality thumbnails — no full-file decode needed. Background processing is now supported. When you leave the app mid-scan, Bridge Lite hands off to iOS background tasks to keep EXIF indexing and thumbnail generation running. By the time you return, everything is ready. When the app sits idle after a scan, it automatically releases data and returns to the welcome screen (default: 1 minute). This eliminates unnecessary battery drain from lingering in the background. The welcome screen shows your last folder so you can pick up right where you left off — instantly, from cache. Configurable in Settings. - Scan progress banner now shows "Phase 1/5" through "Phase 5/5" and stays pinned at the top while scrolling - A one-time prompt on first scan explains the process and background behavior - Fixed touch delay and animation bounce in the filter bar - Cache size display now includes WAL files for an accurate reading; cached image count is also shown

- Grid now appears instantly while scanning; thumbnails fill in progressively - Camera name, lens, histogram, and shooting data show a shimmer animation until EXIF data is ready - Redesigned filter panel with a scrollable chip strip for intuitive category selection - Larger EXIF value font in the detail view for better readability - Added an SD card reading guide shown on first launch - Old thumbnail cache is automatically cleaned up during scanning - Fixed a race condition on double-tap and a bug in rating propagation - EXIF indexing now runs in parallel with thumbnail loading for faster scanning - Added pixel-level grouping option (off by default) - Persistent SQLite connection reduces overhead when loading folders