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The iPhone & iPad companion app is in release testing — it isn't on the App Store yet, and this guide describes the current test build.
The Android companion app is in release testing — it isn't on Google Play yet, and this guide describes the current test build.
- Non-destructive photo and video editing, including RAW and HDR photos.
- Albums authored on a phone now arrive and stay in sync.
- Phone camera-roll libraries can be imported and kept current over Companion Sync.
- Photo and video editing on the device — non-destructive, works offline.
- Albums now sync both ways with the Mac.
- QR pairing: scan the code in the Mac’s Companion Sync settings instead of typing.
- Text search can highlight the match right on the photo.
- Faster syncs: only what changed travels, not the whole library.
- Task-based Settings, a searchable Places list, safer deletion recovery, and clearer offline status.
- Libraries can open from Files, external storage, or a supported network share, without requiring a Mac.
- Photo and video editing on the phone — non-destructive, works offline.
- Albums now sync both ways with the Mac.
- Camera-roll libraries: your camera photos become a searchable library that keeps itself current — and can hand itself to your Mac.
- QR pairing: scan the code in the Mac’s Companion Sync settings instead of typing.
- Connect away from home, over Tailscale or any address that reaches your Mac.
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