# PhotoPrism 250425-21ddba459 — April 25, 2025

- Product: PhotoPrism (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/photoprism)
- Vendor: PhotoPrism
- Date: 2025-04-25
- Version: 250425-21ddba459
- Original notes: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/releases/tag/250425-21ddba459
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/photoprism/releases/250425-21ddba459

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- **added** — Vision API allows remote use of other instances and models
- **added** — Arrow keys can be used to navigate in the Edit dialog
- **added** — Added additional keyboard shortcuts with usage hints in action menus
- **added** — User interface language can be changed on the login page
- **added** — Find pictures with specific or no terms in Title and Caption
- **added** — Added a collapsible sidebar for displaying metadata in fullscreen viewer
- **added** — Added a new menu control in the top bar for additional actions in viewer
- **added** — Added Set as Album Cover and Archive/Restore actions to the viewer menu
- **added** — Transcoding creates fragmented MP4s optimized for streaming
- **added** — Added support for uploading multiple pictures as a zip archive
- **changed** — Upgraded Google TensorFlow from v1.15.2 to v2.18.0
- **changed** — Reduced frontend bundle size by 54% for faster loading
- **changed** — Asynchronous updates improve backend responsiveness
- **changed** — Improved performance and strategy for manual tagging in people identification
- **changed** — Result views are reset when there are no matches or an error occurs
- **changed** — Optimized thumbnail size selection for high aspect ratios
- **changed** — Improved styles, colors, and mountain shading of the default world map
- **fixed** — Fixed incorrect spelling in log messages
- **fixed** — Improved focus management for more reliable keyboard event handling
- **fixed** — Disabled animation when refreshing search results to prevent flickering
- **fixed** — Fixed opening pictures from randomly sorted search results

This [release](https://docs.photoprism.app/release-notes/#april-25-2025) includes a long list of enhancements and new features, many of them contributed by our community. Most notably, [performance has been significantly improved](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/4778) in [many areas](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pull/4323), we have added [a collapsible info sidebar](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/4812) to the fullscreen viewer, it is possible to [choose a specific picture as album cover](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/383), and you can [configure computer vision tasks](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/1090) like image classification to [use an external service](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/1090#issuecomment-2800728541) for [scalability](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/98) and [customization](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/127). A big THANK YOU to everyone who [submitted pull requests](https://docs.photoprism.app/developer-guide/), [improved translations](https://docs.photoprism.app/developer-guide/translations-weblate/), or [helped with testing](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Aplease-test)! 💖

###### Important Changes

- To take advantage of the [performance improvements in TensorFlow 2](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/222), users of [our Docker images](https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/docker-compose/) can set the [`PHOTOPRISM_INIT`](https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/config-options/#docker-image) variable to `"tensorflow"`. This will automatically detect, download, and [install a version of TensorFlow](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/blob/develop/scripts/dist/install-tensorflow.sh) optimized for your CPU.
- If you are using one of our [manual installation packages](https://dl.photoprism.app/pkg/linux/README.html), you can find [libtensorflow binaries optimized for AMD64](https://dl.photoprism.app/tensorflow/amd64/) and [ARM64 CPUs](https://dl.photoprism.app/tensorflow/arm64/) on our download server. Updated [libheif binaries for HEIC/HEIF image](https://dl.photoprism.app/dist/libheif/) support are also available.
- A 32-bit version for [Raspberry Pis with an ARMv7 CPU](https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/raspberry-pi/#older-armv7-based-devices) is no longer part of our [regular releases](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/releases), as [TensorFlow 2 does not run](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/222#issuecomment-2781300037) on them. We have therefore [created an ARMv7 architecture branch](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/tree/arch/armv7) with an [irregular release schedule](https://hub.docker.com/r/photoprism/photoprism/tags?name=armv7) and [welcome contributions](https://docs.photoprism.app/developer-guide/).

###### What's new?

- AI: [Upgraded Google TensorFlow from v1.15.2 to v2.18.0](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/222) by @raystlin
- AI: [Vision API allows remote use of other instances and models](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/1090)
- UX: [Reduced frontend bundle size by 54% for faster loading](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/4778) by @AsikNasik
- UX: [Asynchronous updates improve backend responsiveness](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pull/4323) by @tschechniker
- UX: [Arrow keys can be used to navigate in the Edit dialog](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pull/3623) by @tomplast
- UX: [Added additional keyboard shortcuts with usage hints in action menus](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/1131)
- UX: [Improved focus management for more reliable keyboard event handling](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/4916)
- UX: [Disabled animation when refreshing search results to prevent flickering](https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/issues/4917)
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