- Brand new optical prism app icon and refined modern design. - Instant camera launch: Tap once from the home screen to open the live AR viewfinder. - Photo library import added directly inside the camera interface. - Expanded designer color dictionary featuring over 80 curated shades with accurate Pantone and RAL color matches. - Interactive color swatches: Tap captured colors in the viewfinder to play acoustic chords with haptic feedback. - Quick-start scanner shortcuts added to empty library and story feeds. - Ambient HomeKit smart light sync is now readily accessible in Settings. - Improved subscription flow and user onboarding experience. - Performance optimizations and overall stability improvements.

Huey Major Update: - Live AR Camera Color Picker: Capture real-world colors in real time with floating AR target pins. - Pro Export Formats: Export color palettes directly to Procreate Swatches (.swatches), Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase), CSV (Excel/Notion), and CSS variables. - Audio Palette Playback: Hear your color palettes played back in Pentatonic musical scale harmonies. - Redesigned Profile & Color Library: Access your personal color collection, search by hex/mood, and track your daily "Life in Color" streak. - Performance & Precision Improvements: Ultra-fast color extraction and accurate Pantone code matching.

What’s New in Version 1.5.3 • Golden Ratio Share Cards: Share your colors in style! We’ve redesigned our export templates using Golden Ratio ($\phi = 1.618$) proportions and a gorgeous, clean editorial gallery aesthetic. Zero clashing colors, pure elegance. • Color Discovery Rewards: Snapping colors is now a journey! Unlock rare shades (like Ivory, Eggshell, and Snow White) and earn XP, level up, and watch your color wheel fill up with live, floating toast animations. • Color Acoustic Synthesizer: Feel the spectrum. Every time you tap or capture a color, Huey synthesizes a pitch-mapped audio frequency tone based on the color's exact hue. • 4K Custom Wallpapers: Turn your palettes into beautiful 4K gradient lock screen wallpapers with 1 tap. • Pro Custom App Icons: Personalize your home screen with 5 brand-new minimalist app icons available for Pro members. • Under the Hood: Fixed share sheet freezes, improved camera sensor white-balance locks for 99% extraction accuracy, and streamlined offline paywall backups.

Cleaned up navigation by removing the inactive Discover feed. Added an intuitive first-scan guide on the Home screen to help new users get started. Added a new Settings screen for easier access to onboarding options and subscription status. Enhanced the Color Detail View to show professional technical codes including Pantone, RAL, RGB, CMYK, and HSL. Added a smart home integration to directly sync your captured colors with HomeKit-compatible lights. Resolved an issue where newly captured colors and photos were not populating in the "Life in Color" monthly calendar view.

New Features and Enhancements Interactive Color Library Search: Added a glassmorphic search bar at the top of the Color Library tab. You can now dynamically filter your captured colors by Hex codes or Moods. Date Sorting Toggle: Added a sorting control button next to the search bar, allowing you to instantly switch between sorting colors by Newest First or Oldest First. Direct Color Deletion: Added a red trash icon next to the "Copy Hex" button inside the Color Detail Sheet. You can now permanently delete unwanted color captures from the database. Tactile Error Feedback in Palette Lab: Added immediate warning haptic feedback when you attempt to select more than 5 colors in the Palette Lab grid, giving clear physical confirmation of the selection limit. Permanent Pro Access: Overrode the subscription validation system (ProManager) to permanently grant full Pro Access features on this build. Removed Features Removed Print Shop ("Own Your Palette"): Completely removed all buttons, toolbar icons, sheet presentations, and onboarding references related to ordering physical poster prints.

Improved Purchase & Restore Flow: Fixed an issue where some users who successfully purchased Huey Pro could not access premium features. Huey Pro status is now correctly and instantly resolved for all active subscriptions. Faster Offline Support & Syncing: Optimized how subscription statuses are checked from the RevenueCat delegate, removing redundant network requests to ensure smoother, faster access to Pro features (even with flaky connections). Under-the-Hood Fixes: Improved overall performance and stability.

Onboarding Experience Removed the paywall from the onboarding flow. You can now tap Get Started to enter the app immediately and start exploring. Subscription and Paywall Clarity Subscription prices, savings percentages, and free trial lengths are now calculated and displayed dynamically from real App Store prices rather than hardcoded placeholders. Added Apple's full standard subscription disclosure to the purchase screen so you always know exactly how billing and auto-renewal work. Reliability and Bug Fixes Fixed an issue with database initialization at startup that could cause the app to crash under rare circumstances. Fixed the scan counter displaying the incorrect daily scan limit. Internal debugging features have been removed from production releases to optimize performance and security. Added required iOS privacy manifest entries for accurate system time usag

Improved subscription management for a smoother Pro experience. Performance optimizations and bug fixes to keep your color scanning fast and reliable. Minor UI refinements on the Pro dashboard.

1. Shorts-Style "Moments" Experience The Moments tab has been completely redesigned with a TikTok/Reels-style vertical pager. Each moment is now presented as a high-fidelity Export Template card that you can swipe through seamlessly. 2. Reliable Sharing System Overlay Share Button: The share button is now placed in a dedicated ZStack overlay. This fixes the previous "unresponsive button" issue by ensuring it stays completely independent of scroll and swipe gestures. Free Share Quota: We’ve introduced a free tier for non-Pro users, allowing up to 3 full image shares before requiring a Pro subscription. Native Integration: Uses a robust system share sheet that works instantly every time. 3. "Help Us Grow" Feedback Prompt To keep building the features you love, we’ve added a beautiful new feedback system: Triggers automatically 1.8 seconds after your first successful share. Allows users to either rate Huey on the App Store or send direct email feedback to the team. 4. Layout & HUD Polishing Contained Card Design: Moments no longer bleed into the background. They are now rendered as "floating" cards with rounded corners and soft shadows for a premium feel. Zero Interference: We’ve adjusted the bottom padding so that the moment details and share buttons never overlap with the custom Tab Bar (HUD), ensuring perfect usability on all devices. This version makes the Moments tab faster, more stable, and much more shareable!

Improved App Launch Stability We resolved a critical issue where the camera interface would fail to open on fresh installations. The transition between the onboarding flow and the main capture screen is now seamless, ensuring that you can start capturing colors immediately after setup without needing to restart the app. Enhanced Touch Responsiveness We refactored the main interface architecture to improve UI stability. Faster Interactions: Buttons and controls are now more responsive, specifically resolving a bug where background animations could occasionally interfere with button taps. Gesture Optimization: The background interaction logic has been fine-tuned to ensure that intentional taps are never mistaken for swipes or drags. Performance & Battery Optimization The background rendering engine for the dynamic mesh gradient has been optimized. It now adapts to your device's refresh rate more efficiently, reducing CPU load and extending battery life during extended sessions. Consistent Color Analysis The color analysis engine received stability updates, providing more consistent and faster mood extraction from your captured photos and library images. Hardware Safety Checks We added hardware availability checks to ensure the app behaves gracefully on devices where certain features might be restricted, preventing potential crashes and ensuring a stable experience.

What's New in This Version Direct Camera Color Capture You can now use your camera directly to capture colors from the world around you. There is no longer a need to go through the photo library; simply snap a photo within the app to instantly generate your color palette. Performance and Responsiveness Improvements We have completely refactored the Home Screen architecture. We resolved an issue where high-frequency background animations were interfering with user interactions. Instant Button Response: The Camera and Calendar buttons now respond immediately to your touch. Battery Efficiency: Background rendering logic has been optimized to reduce CPU load and improve battery life. Streamlined Workflow The capture interface has been redesigned to allow for quick and easy switching between the live camera and your photo library. Stability and Fixes We resolved a technical issue that prevented the camera interface from opening on fresh app installations. The color analysis engine has also been optimized to provide more consistent results across various lighting conditions.

Streamlined Capture Experience: Getting started is now completely frictionless. When you open Huey for the first time, you are instantly guided to extract your first color palette from your camera or photo library, helping you build your aesthetic immediately. Enhanced Pro Tier Layout: We have refined the Huey Pro experience. Advanced professional export formats, including Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase), Apple Color List (.clr), and JSON Design Tokens, are now bundled exclusively within the Huey Pro toolset for a premium workflow. Intelligent Capture HUD: When using the Live AR Color Scanner, you can now track your free capture allowance directly from the camera viewfinder, making it easier to manage your creative sessions. Deep Color Archive: The Color Calendar now acts as a dedicated archive. While recent color history remains easily accessible, Huey Pro members can now unlock unlimited access to their entire historical color diary and past Golden Hour records. General Polish: Minor UI improvements across the application, specifically focusing on the speed and reliability of the Live Color Extractor navigation flow.

New Monetization & Pricing Flexible Plans: Added Weekly ($0.99) and Yearly ($9.99) subscription options to give users more choice. Lifetime Value: Updated Lifetime Access to $12.00, positioned as the best long-term value. Premium Paywall: Completely redesigned the subscription screen with a balanced, four-tier layout. Daily Quests & Gamification Daily Challenges: A new system that generates 3 unique color quests every 24 hours (e.g., "Find 3 warm colors", "Capture 5 new aesthetics"). Bonus XP: Complete quests to earn extra experience points and level up faster. Quick Tracker: A new progress badge on the main Studio screen reminds you of your daily goals and lets you jump straight to your quest dashboard. Professional Export (Pro) Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ASE): Effortlessly export your palettes as binary .ASE files for direct use in Photoshop and Illustrator. Apple Color List (.CLR): Native support for the macOS color system. Design Tokens: Improved JSON and text-based exports for developer workflows. Enhanced Onboarding Feature Discovery: Updated the first-launch experience with dedicated slides explaining the new Daily Quests and Professional Export capabilities. Technical Improvements Binary Generation: Implemented a robust Big-Endian binary generator for production-ready .ASE file exports. Quest Engine: Built a persistent QuestManager to handle daily randomization and progress tracking without internet dependency.

This update brings exciting new ways to experience Huey: - Try our new Monthly plan with a 3-Day Free Trial! - Enhanced haptic feedback and custom sound effects for a deeply satisfying color capturing experience. - Under-the-hood polish and UI improvements.

What’s New: Improvements to camera and photo library access. Fixed bugs related to color capture. Ambient Sync (Beta): Experience total immersion. Connect Huey with your HomeKit-enabled smart lights and sync your environment with your captured colors instantly. Interactive Color Calendar: Your color journey, redefined. Now featuring a "Full-Fill" visual grid where you can tap any day to see your dominant mood and daily palette. Professional Designer Export: Need your colors in Figma or Tailwind? Export your palettes as JSON design tokens or clean text strings with one tap. Onboarding 2.0: A brand new introduction to Huey's latest features. Stability & Performance: We’ve hardened the engine to ensure 120fps fluid mesh animations and zero-flicker UI transitions.

What’s New: Ambient Sync (Beta): Experience total immersion. Connect Huey with your HomeKit-enabled smart lights and sync your environment with your captured colors instantly. Interactive Color Calendar: Your color journey, redefined. Now featuring a "Full-Fill" visual grid where you can tap any day to see your dominant mood and daily palette. Professional Designer Export: Need your colors in Figma or Tailwind? Export your palettes as JSON design tokens or clean text strings with one tap. Onboarding 2.0: A brand new introduction to Huey's latest features. Stability & Performance: We’ve hardened the engine to ensure 120fps fluid mesh animations and zero-flicker UI transitions.

What's New in Huey 1. Emotional Insights Huey now understands your palette! Get a personalized "Emotional Weather Report" for every set of colors you extract. From morning focus to evening reflection, your colors tell a story. 2. Laser Scanning UI Experience a more tactical capture process with our new laser scanning animation. Watch Huey analyze your photos in real-time with pixel-perfect precision. 3. Premium Visual Overhaul We've redesigned our color swatches and collector badges with rich gradients, inner shadows, and dynamic glassmorphism. The app now feels more alive with interactive haptic feedback on every tap. 4. Performance & Polish Under-the-hood optimizations to make color extraction faster and smoother.

We are thrilled to bring you the biggest update to Huey yet! Here is what's new in version 1.2.0: NEW: Moments Tab You can now revisit your color journeys! Go to the brand-new Moments tab to see all your saved captures grouped by event, complete with original images and the stunning color swatches you extracted. OVERHAULED: Collector View We've completely redesigned the Collector tab to look and feel incredibly premium: • A gorgeous, high-fidelity Color Wheel HUD with smooth arcs and perfect symmetry. • Upgraded Level Header and Stat Cards featuring a sleek, glassmorphism aesthetic. We also squashed some bugs and made under-the-hood performance improvements to keep your color collecting smooth. Loving the app? Please consider leaving us a quick rating or review! We need your feedback to improve.

Introducing the new Moments tab! Relive your color captures by viewing the extracted palettes alongside the original photos that inspired them. Update now to experience your saved colors in a whole new way.