Immich 3.0: new features and upgrade considerations

This overview covers Immich 3.0, a self-hosted photo and video library platform. The speaker describes breaking changes to API endpoints and third-party integrations, so users who depend on those connections should review the migration notes before upgrading.

Mobile editing supports reversible crops, rotations and adjustments without changing the original file. Users can revisit edits through the web interface. The speaker says recoloring, live photo editing and local asset editing have been temporarily removed, with restoration planned. Workflows are a preview feature under web utilities, with triggers, filters and actions configured through a visual editor or JSON.

The release also addresses background backups. Android gains a periodic upload scheduler and warnings about settings that may interrupt backups. On iOS, sync and upload tasks run in parallel within background refresh time limits. A recently added page sorts media by import date, while server integrity checks compare stored files with database records.

Experimental HLS and real-time transcoding are limited to the web app. The speaker recommends a powerful server and hardware acceleration, though acceleration is optional. Mobile additions include slideshows and OCR text selection; Android can also open media from other apps. The upgrade walkthrough describes changing the version value in .env from V2 to V3, then using Docker Compose to pull and restart.