Amber X OS Release Notes
Amber X OS 1.20.4
6/1/2022
New Features
- OnlyOffice document viewer and editor OS support and option in Control Panel.
- Add a new "Food" category in AI object detection.
Bug Fix and Enhancements
- Improved photo indexing performance.
- Trigger force pre-transcode when adding videos to albums.
- Fixed several video transcoding issues.
- Enhanced HEIC 1080p image transcoding quality.
- Fixed slow-motion video playback issues.
- Fixed a photo color distortion issue.
- Add j2k family to the image support list.
- Control Panel - Optimized Indexing Service UI.
- Backup Tool - UI enhancements.
- Updated English and Traditional Chinese UI text strings.
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Amber X OS 1.19.4
5/11/2022
New Features
- Supports iOS slow-motion video transcoding.
- Cloud Import Service - Supports album import from Google Photos.
- Backup Tool - Supports backup task progress.
- Security updates.
Bug Fix and Enhancements
- Uses SMB protocol for Time Machine service.
- Fixed several external drive-related issues.
- Fixed several Backup Tool issues.
- Fixed several photo deletion issues.
- Fixed several video transcoding issues.
- Fixed several indexing service issues.
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Amber X OS 1.18.3
4/13/2022
New Features
- Support Sonos speakers to access Amber X via Samba.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Fixed a video playback issue.
- Fixed a photo indexing issue for large amounts of photos.
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Amber X OS 1.17.4
3/28/2022
New Features
- New Backup Tool feature which allows users to backup files from the external drives to Amber X or vice versa.
- OS support for the inclusion of external drive photos in albums.
- Samba and AFP support for external drive.
- Add time zone setting configuration in the setup wizard.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Support for on-demand thumbnail generation on non-indexed drives.
- Bug fixes for media-related services.
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Amber X OS 1.16.5
2/23/2022
New Features
- Face recognition support for the registered external USB storage.
- Samba support for Time Machine backup and samba version upgrade to v4.14.12.
- OS support of app file path display of deleted files in the Recycle Bin.
Bug Fix and Enhancements
- Fix several Time Machine backup issues.
- OS support of enlarging max photos in an album from 500 to 2000.
- File indexing performance improvement.
- Improves photo indexing of indexing drive.
- Fix several photo EXIF information fetching issues.
- Fix several file duplicate issues.
- Enhanced system memory management.
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Amber X OS 1.15.6
1/21/2022
New Features
- Video playback and download for shared albums.
- On-demand thumbnail generation for non-indexing folders.
- Cloud Import Manager - indicate file names that failed to be imported.
- Support Apple ProRes format.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Fix some issues caused by abnormal shutdowns.
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Amber X OS 1.14.5
12/9/2021
New Features
- Support for Smart Transcoding.
- iOS live Photo Backup Support.
- In-App Support for adding Photos and Videos to albums via File Explorer.
- Provide a new Overview page to list all indexed files in the Control Panel.
- Provide complete Photo indexer, Video indexer, and AI control options.
- Open WPA3 encryption type in the Control Panel WiFi settings page.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Control Panel Volume page Encryption UI enhancement.
- OS volume decryption UI Enhancement.
- Casting Enhancements.
- Video Thumbnail Generation Enhancements.
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Amber X OS 1.13.3
10/29/2021
New Features
- Support AI keyword search for Amber iX apps.
- Control Panel - Add Rescan function on the WiFi page.
- File Explorer - Support multiple file selections for recycle bin restoration.
- File Explorer - Support Share, Copy and Download for object photos.
- File Explorer - Indicate new faces recognized on the File Explorer People page.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Initial setup wizard UI enhancement for volume encryption.
- Allow symbols $ and ^ to be in the file name.
- Support incremental share in File Explorer and not keep sending emails to existing shares when editing the share.
- Fix several photo indexing issues including those caused by abnormal photo years.
- Fix several transcoding issues.
- Shorten system booting time.
- Multi-language translation update.
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Amber X OS 1.12.4
10/1/2021
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Hide EFI system partition of external drive to avoid user confusion.
- System resource usage improvement.
- Fix several photo de-dup and photo deletion issues.
- Remove format j2k/jp2000 from the image support list.
- Fix several transcoding issues.
- Fix several Samba issues.
- Fix an album casting via HDMI issue.
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Amber X OS 1.11.7
8/25/2021
New Features
- File Explorer - Add orientation information on the photo detail information panel.
Bug fixes and enhancements
- Fix Control Panel WiFi configuration related issues.
- Fix some failures to get EXIF info from HEIC images.
- General performance improvements.
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Amber X OS 1.10.5
8/12/2021
Bug fixes and enhancements
- Fixed an issue with OS logs upload issue.
- Fixed a file upload error after accepting Amber's invitation.
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Amber X OS 1.10.4
7/27/2021
Bug fixes and enhancements
- Fixed an issue that caused the WiFi setup to fail on certain router models.
Amber X OS 1.10.3
6/25/2021
New Features
- NA.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Improved system performance and reliability.
- Improved multimedia service issues including indexing, video transcoding, video playback & casting.
- Improved firmware and package upgrade issues.
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Amber X OS 1.9.7
5/21/2021
New Features
- Cloud Import Service initial release.
- Added "alac" into audio codec support list.
- Added a new event notification when the Amber X WiFi connection is poor.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Fixed Upload Folder function not working on Safari browser.
- Fixed Open to all users not working for the extension drive.
- Fixed photo display issues after exporting and Unexporting.
- Enhanced file loss check for photos.
- Fixed several transcoding and casting issues.
- General performance improvement.
- UI string updates.
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Amber X OS 1.8.10
4/13/2021
NEW Features
- NA
Bug Fixes + Enhancements
- Fixed OS login issues.
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Improved performance for indexing for external drive.
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Improved Amber X discovery issue.
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Improved redirect for URL connection to the Amber Finder page.
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Improved general bugs and other misc. performance issues.
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Amber X OS 1.8.9 (Beta release)
4/7/2021
New Features
- NA.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Optimize indexing service to accelerate the indexing performance of the external drive.
- Fix occasional OS login issue.
- Fix Amber X discovery issue.
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Amber X OS 1.8.7 (Beta release only)
3/25/2021
Updated Enhancements that include the following:
- Raw image format support for:
- .arw.srw,srf.sr2 (Sony)
- .cr2 .cr3 (Canon)
- .dng (Adobe)
- .nef .nrw (Nikon)
- .raf (Fuji)
- .rw2 (Panasonic)
- .rwl .dng (Leica)
- .orf (Olympus)
- .pef (Pentax)
- .x3f (Sigma)
- .mrw (Minolta)
- Web File Explorer: Support photo deletion in “Object” classification.
- Added m4a, ogg, flac into supported in-app casting formats.
Bug Fixes + Enhancements:
- Overall System Performance Improvement.
- Enhanced system reliability in the event of an unexpected power loss and re-boot.
- Enhanced External Drive support for Thumbnails to not disappear on “MyPhotos”.
- Extend photo indexing threshold from shutting off at 80% storage volume capacity to 92% (to prevent system from stopping indexing too early).
- Optimize AI-engine indexing workflow to prevent processing delays.
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Amber X OS 1.7.63/3/2021
- Fix photo indexing issues.
Amber X OS 1.7.5
2/4/2021
- System performance enhancements.
- Performance improvement of file and photo indexing.
- Performance improvement of WiFi reconnecting.
- Bug fix of access to external drives.
- Enhance AI plugin management.
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Amber X OS 1.7.4 (Beta)
1/18/2021
- System performance enhancement.
- Bug fix of access to external drives.
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Amber X OS 1.7.2 (Beta)
12/28/2020
- Performance improvement of a file and photo indexing.
- Performance improvement of WiFi reconnecting.
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Amber X OS 1.6.8
12/25/2020
- Fixed a USB extension issue.
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Amber X OS 1.6.7
12/16/2020
- Enhanced Object Detection via onboard AI Engine.
- External Hard Drive Support via USB Extension.
- Support for exFAT file system on External Hard Drives.
- Enhanced WiFi setup via Amber X OS Control Panel.
- Enhancements for improved Photo Viewing.
- Enhanced Image Preview for Sharing.
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Amber X OS 1.6.6
12/4/2020
What's New
- Support WiFi setup on Control Panel > WiFi page.
Fixed Issues
- Fix only one partition displays the image and video thumbnail if the registered USB contains more than one partition.
- Fix wrong shared file name on multiple file share.
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Version 1.5.8
11/4/2020
- N/A. (This is the initial release)