FUJIFILM XApp 4+

Update: as others have noted, if the app hibernates or the camera goes to sleep, the app tags photos with the current location rather than the correct one, i.e., where you were three hours ago. The Nikon app does not do this and I wish that Fujifilm would address this bug. On the camera side, a longer delay such as an hour before the camera goes to sleep would be extremely useful and save my poor power switch.

Does what it’s supposed to and even reconnects in the background fairly reliably after I’ve turned the camera off and on again. I just came back from a week of intense shooting in areas of poor cellular connectivity and the app worked almost perfectly save for a few hiccups at launch where the app stumbled and restarted itself. The so-called privacy concerns are unfounded and the app truly does need full-time location access to geotag photos, though an opt out could be nice for those who don’t wish to geotag. The app doesn’t use location unless it’s open, so close it if you’re worried.

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Ver.1.10 improves as follows.
• The application can communicate with the camera via Wi-Fi even if the permission to access "Location" is not set.
• Functions that do not require permissions to access can now be used without setting the permissions to access.

It works well, but I still feel like there is a lot of opportunity for improvement. There are a few little weird things that it still does and I’m not fully convinced. ——-there does not need to be a whole tab for “support.” Just put it in the settings. ——-I don’t think that the auto upload is not working right. ——-the timeline is not really all that compelling and I feel like there is some unnecessary information in there. ——-I wonder if there is a way they can start playing into the “recipe” stuff. The timeline has a weird design flaw where the stuff in the timeline bumps up to the top app bar and touches it. There should be some padding there.

Edit: They actually updated a few things! There is a new “equipment,” tab that is kinda fun. I really wish they’d adjust he top padding of the feed in the “Timeline” The most recent timeline card touches the top bar and there should be some padding in between the card and the top nav. For some reason it just bothers me.

Edit: YES! THEY HAVE UDATED AGAIN! It’s looking and feeling so good. I am loving the improvements they have made to the experience the and design since launch! Almost everything I had previously mentioned has been updated or changed. Amazing.

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Update: Developer is asking me for “details” by filling up a blank form on their site. I feel this is like additional insult to injury. The details are here in my review below. My iPhone is 13Pro with IOS 16.6 and my camera is an X-T30 using firmware 2.0. There is no more details about this issue I have described when you released the app few months ago and the issue is still present after 1.1.0. ————— I was hopeful that this new update 1.1.0 would finally fix the big issue of the app not reconnecting with the camera via Bluetooth after the camera is turn off and then on (like when in power savings) and the app in the phone is in the background (like when the phone is in my pocket), so geo tagging will continue to work at all times when I am out taking pictures. Unfortunately, the issue remains and the app is still not reconnecting automatically while in the background. The only way to reconnect is to either bring the app to the foreground (this method always works) or go to the Bluetooth settings in the iPhone (this method works, sometimes) but taking the iPhone to reconnect every time the camera is turn off and on again is not practical. Come on Fujifilm! Fix this issue so geotagging can be useable. It has been over 3 months since you release this app.

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