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Amber X OS Release Notes

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Amber X OS 1.21.5

7/18/2022

New Features

  • NA.

Bug Fix and Enhancements

  • General bug fixes.

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Amber X OS 1.21.4

7/7/2022

New Features

  • Support iCloud photo import in Cloud Import Service.

Bug Fix and Enhancements

  • Fixed an issue where iOS Facetime Live Photos do not show up on My Photos page after backup/upload.
  • Fixed the Google Album import issue causing albums not to be displayed after import.
  • Fixed some transcoding issues.
  • Fixed some photo indexing issues.
  • UI wording update.

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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.
  • Disabled the AFP file service by default, please use Samba file service for Apple Time Machine instead.
  • 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.
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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.

  • Improved performance for indexing for external drive.

  • Improved Amber X discovery issue.

  • Improved redirect for URL connection to the Amber Finder page. 

  • 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 1.7.6

3/3/2021

  • Fix photo indexing issues.
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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)

 

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