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Boris, will the update simply be for 17 series compatibility, or will it be a larger update to include some of the features on the roadmap you've discussed on the forum over past weeks?
By @Moonboots22
We are almost there with shipping an update which includes new features and fixes. iPhone 17 compatibility work will follow soon thereafter.
Hi,
Been using the app for the past month or so. Have captured some truly great photos. Every person has mentioned how good the photos look and can't believe it's from my phone. I have noticed that having the app open, then turning your phone off, turning your phone back on it doesn't load the app properly and you have to close and re-open. This doesn't happen every time just some times. And sometimes you just need to wait several seconds for it to load.
I just got the new iPhone 17 Pro and was wondering if there is a date for when I can use my phone with the app as it doesn't currently support the iPhone 17 line of phones?
Thanks,
Kian
By @kian35508655xuim
Thank you Kian. We are working on improving the stability of the app such that events like what you describe (the app not launching properly) do not appear anymore. The next update we are about to launch should be already better in that respect. Regarding iPhone 17 support, since we do completely custom processing, we need to calibrate all aspects of the camera, and that takes some time. Since we didn't get any devices in advance to prepare a compatibility release, we now have to wait for regualar deliveries. I am afraid I am not able to give a precise date as we have to see if the new devices have any peculiarities which may require us to modify our calibration procedure, but it should be measured in days, not weeks.
Hi!
I have a feature request: Batch import of photos from Project Indigo to Lightroom.
Best regards,
Fredrik
By @Fredrik_Karlsson8048
Hi Fredrik - we will explore that at some point, as we understand that getting photos one by one into Lightroom from Indigo is not very user friendly. For now, our team has to focus on improving the camera technologies needed for a state-of-the-art camera experience (we are a small team). As a temporary workaround you can import photos from Lightroom mobile app in a batch. Please feel free to reach out if you run into difficulties with that workflow.
The app is great, and I like the quality of the images a lot.
Can you explain the numbering (lettering) system Indigo uses for the photos? I believe it needs improvement as it seems quite random, and images don't come in to the folders in an organized way. Even the jpg and dng of the same photo are named differently (i.e. IB6J6273.jpg and XQKW7411.dng are the same image) Also, in my case, the images are in folders with other cameras (from my Sony camera and my native iphone app) and they don't sequence well. Could Indigo images all start with IND_ or another indicator, and then sequence by image order or date? I am reluctant to take on renaming them all myself. Thank you!
By @lindaj91722393
This is because somewhere in the pipeline of getting the images to your computer, PTP or MTP transfer protocol is used which is limited to 8-letter filenames (like ancient Windows OS). On iPhone Indigo images are indeed properly named (something like IDG_20250920_195925_740.jpg), but that gets converted to random 8-character name before you can open it in Lightroom. Sadly, there is little we can do on our end to improve the situation here: your best bet would be to use AirDrop if you use a Mac. Otherwise, you could import to Lightroom mobile app directly on your device, which will preserve the file names. If you can share more about your workflow we can see if there is something simple that could be done to improve the situation.
Is the app not supported on iPhone 17 pro? It's still showing the initial screen which says only certain phones are supported. When can we expect an update that allows 17 pro usage?
By @algorhtym
The team is just getting our devices so we need to evaluate what may have changed, but we hope that we can have an updated release in a week or two. Unlike most apps, Indigo requires deeper hardware integration since we use quite a bit of custom processing. This in turn requires us to carefully calibrate the devices as we cannot rely on Apple's calibration, In addition, there are two new camera modules on 17-series (telephoto and selfie) so we need to inspect how they work. Hopefully there will be no surprises and we'll have Indigo up and running shortly. Thank you for your patience.
Boris and team -
A few specific feature requests I'm following up on, seeing if you're willing to divulge their place in the upcoming release:
1. Continued performance optimization relative to overheating, battery (16 Pro)
2. A "portait mode" that mimics in app what LR Mobile can do with the AI Portrait Blur feature
3. Super-res on existing lenses (i.e. upscale the 1x from 12mp Bayer RAW to 24, or 36, or 48), and/or additional "virtual" lenses (like the 28mm equivalent 1.25x or 35mm equivalent 1.5x crop offered on Stock cam)
These three changes would probably make me go to Project Indigo for my full time camera app on a 16 Pro. Appreciate the team's work!
By @Moonboots22
Thank you for sharing your list. Of these three, I can confirm that #1 remains the biggest priority (1.0.3 should already show you improvements in the app, but more is coming). #2 is not trivial to do, especially not with image quality which would make our portrait mode 'stand out'. It's in R&D but I cannot share any timelines on this. Finally, #3 is something we are experimenting with and hope to bring out in some form relatively soon. We appreciate your patience, and are looking forward to hear your thoughts on the latest release.
I have been using PI on my iPhone 16 Pro Max. I upgraded to 17 Pro Max and it says not supported. Anyone have it working or will we need an update?
By @Jay Levine Media
An update is required. It is in the works and we will release it as soon as it is ready.
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