What’s new with Frameo?

Last updated 2025-07-01

Welcome!

These release notes describe the Frameo software versions that have been released along with the next planned releases currently being worked on. We strive to have multiple releases every year to continuously improve the Frameo user experience and bring new and exciting features to everyone using the Frameo product.

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Frame

Upcoming release

Estimated

2025-09

v1.28

Released

Released

2025-06

v1.27

A bundle of improvements and bug fixes following the latest big update.

   Modified

  • Fixed issues with playback of videos from external storage (missing volume slider and stretched video)
  • Multiple other bug fixes and minor improvements

Technical changes

  • Support for frames with light sensor
  • Support for frames with single color lights and light effects

Released

2025-05

v1.26

Introducing Albums.

Now you can easily organize and display your photos and videos in albums. Want to relive your vacation photos or scroll through birthday memories from last year? Just add them to an album and display exactly what fits your mood on the frame.

We’ve also improved the photo overview, now called ‘My photos’. It’s where you can see and create albums, but also quickly find and manage your favorite photos with new sorting and filtering options!

Added

  • Albums for organizing photos
  • New Gallery for browsing and managing frame photos
  • New slideshow for displaying newly received photos
  • Romanian as new language

   Modified

  • Updated the menu shown in slideshow
  • Adjust photo now includes fill/fit to screen

Released 2025-02

v1.25

A bundle of improvements, bug fixes and modernization of most screens interface elements.

   

 Modified

  • Modernized the interface of most screens
  • Improved slideshow timer setting
  • Multiple improvements and bug fixes

Released 2024-11

v1.24

The Frameo+ feature ‘See Frame Photos’ is being expanded with ‘Manage Frame Photos’.

This new feature allows you to manage all the great memories stored on the frame easily. With the owner’s permission, you can hide or delete photos directly from your phone and display them from the app on the frame.

You can also manage videos — while playback isn’t supported, you can still hide, delete, or display them on the frame.

   

 Added

  • Support for Frameo+ Remote Management of photos and videos
  • Setting to hide profile photo while keeping caption shown

Modified

  • Multiple improvements to backup and restore

Technical changes

  • Video max size can now be different from the screen size

Released 2024-09

v1.23

Introducing Greetings.

Friends and family can now add graphical themes to the photos they send you, making them extra special. Perfect for special occasions all year round – birthdays, festive season, Mother’s Day, and more.

Find ‘Greetings’ in the gallery overview in the smartphone app and choose your favorite theme.

   

 Added

  • Support for receiving Greetings from the Frameo app

Modified

  • Improvements to Cloud and SD card backup
  • Multiple other bug fixes and minor improvements

Technical changes

  • Improved initial boot time for production of newer Android versions

Released 2024-06

v1.22

A whole bunch of improvements and bug fixes for the newest version, in particular to make the new backup and restore features easier to use.

   

  Added

  • A request for cloud backup can now be sent as a notification to the Frameo app

Modified

  • Multiple improvements and bug fixes

Technical changes

  • Support for battery now shows battery indicator in the menu

Released 2024-05

v1.21

Introducing Frameo+. Everything you love - plus a little extra!

We have developed a bunch of brand-new features and wrapped it up in a package we call Frameo+. These extra features include:

See frame photos
You can now easily bring your favorite moments with you by seeing frame photos remotely in the Frameo app on your phone.

Cloud backup
Secure your own and your loved ones’ precious photos in a cloud backup for extra safety. This means you will be able to restore all of your photos and videos on a new frame.

Send 100 photos
Send up to 100 photos at once. Perfect for sharing all your vacation photos in a snap.

Send 2 min. videos

Send up to 2 minute video clips so your friends and family can enjoy even more.

Please note that everything you can do for free with Frameo today, you can still do in the future. We will NOT remove any features from your familiar free version of Frameo.

Also, rest assured that we will continue to develop new features for the free app. The subscription solely offers extra features – hence the name Frameo+.

   

Added

  • Support for viewing frame photos from phone
  • Support for cloud backup and restore
  • Receive up to 100 photos at a time
  • Receive videos up to 2 minutes in length
  • Permission requests from and to connected friends
  • Turkish language

Released 2024-02

v1.20

New year, even better Frameo experience!
Most notably the sending of photos and videos can now be resumed to improve the sending experience for slow and unstable networks.

   

Modified

  • Sending of photos and videos can now be resumed to improve sending on unstable networks
  • Improvements to slideshow transitions when receiving many photos in a row
  • Default temperature unit will now adjust automatically to location
  • Multiple other bug fixes and minor improvements

Technical changes

  • Support for Android 12 and 13
  • Support for displaying FCC ID
  • Support for frames with battery
  • Support for frames with lights

Android app

Upcoming release

Estimated

2025-08

v1.36

Released

Released

2025-07

v1.35

The sending screen is getting an update to make it even easier to make adjustments and see how photos will look on the receiving frames before sending.

Modified:

  • Photo adjustment screen has been updated

Released

2025-04

v1.34

Minor update that adds Romanian as a new supported language.

Added:

  • Romanian as new language

Modified:

  • Fixed issue sending specific video aspect ratios to very specific frames

Released

2025-03

v1.33

Minor update that adds the option to remove a profile photo set in the Frameo app.

Added:

  • Option to remove the profile photo

Modified:

  • Fixed issue with videos that contain ? or # in the filename
  • Multiple crashes and bugs fixed

Released

2025-01

v1.32

Frameo+ now supports Google Cast!

This new Frameo+ feature lets you display your favorite photos directly from the app to any Google Cast compatible TV. To use it, make sure your phone and Google Cast device are connected to the same network. Then, open your frame photos in the app, tap the Cast icon, and your photos will appear on the connected device.

Added:

  • Cast Frame Photos to Cast-enabled devices (Frameo+ feature)

Modified:

  • Improved initial gallery loading speed for galleries with many photos
  • Multiple crashes and bugs fixed

Released

2024-12

v1.31

A maintenance version in preparation for the holidays. It’s the season!

Modified:

  • Multiple fixes and optimizations to loading of photos in the app gallery
  • Multiple crashes and bugs fixed

Released

2024-12

v1.30

The Frameo+ feature ‘See Frame Photos’ is being expanded with ‘Manage Frame Photos’.

This new feature allows you to manage all the great memories stored on the frame easily. With the owner’s permission, you can hide or delete photos directly from your phone and display them from the app on the frame.

You can also manage videos — while playback isn’t supported, you can still hide, delete, or display them on the frame.

Added:

  • Remote management! (Frameo+ feature)
  • Video thumbnails support for Frame Photos (Frameo+ feature)
  • New Greetings for a happy New Year!

Modified:

  • The app is now uploaded to Google Play as an App Bundle to minimize the app size
  • Sharing a photo from another app is now possible without the Frameo app being granted general media permission
  • Multiple crashes and bugs fixed

Released

2024-10

v1.29

Introducing Greetings
Now, you can make your photos extra special with our new graphical themes.

Whether it’s a birthday, the festive season, Mother’s Day, or any special occasion throughout the year, send and receive personalized greetings to delight family and friends!

You can access the Greetings-feature directly from the gallery overview.

Added:

  • Greetings!
  • Frameo social media links can now be found in the settings
  • Google Play In-App Review to easily give a review without leaving the Frameo app

Modified:

  • Improved the gallery loading speed when showing images from external storage
  • Multiple crashes and bugs fixed

Released

2024-06

v1.28

A whole bunch of improvements and bug fixes for the newest version, in particular to make the new backup and restore features easier to use.

Added:

  • QR code to the ‘invite friends’ dialog
  • New ‘back up now’ button to force a frame to update the backup immediately
  • Display of current number of backups count out of the maximum on backup overview
  • Notification when receiving a backup request from a frame

Modified:

  • Improvements for the see frame photos gallery
  • Multiple crashes and bugs fixed

Released

2024-05

v1.27

Introducing Frameo+. Everything you love - plus a little extra!

We have developed a bunch of brand-new features and wrapped it up in a package we call Frameo+. These extra features include:

See frame photos
You can now easily bring your favorite moments with you by seeing frame photos remotely in the Frameo app on your phone.

Cloud backup
Secure your own and your loved ones’ precious photos in a cloud backup for extra safety. This means you will be able to restore all of your photos and videos on a new frame.

Send 100 photos
Send up to 100 photos at once. Perfect for sharing all your vacation photos in a snap.

Send 2 min. videos

Send up to 2 minute video clips so your friends and family can enjoy even more.

Please note that everything you can do for free with Frameo today, you can still do in the future. We will NOT remove any features from your familiar free version of Frameo.

Also, rest assured that we will continue to develop new features for the free app. The subscription solely offers extra features – hence the name Frameo+.

Added:

  • Support for viewing frame photos from phone
  • Support for cloud backup and restore
  • Receive up to 100 photos at a time
  • Receive videos up to 2 minutes in length
  • Permission to invite friends to connect to a frame can now be requested from the Frameo app
  • Long press for multi-select of photos to easily send multiple photos at once
  • Android 14 partial photo access is now supported
  • Turkish as new language

Modified:

  • Updated overview of connected frames with new features and backup status

Released

2024-02

v1.26

Small improvements to start the year.

Added:

  • The Frame pairing code is now shown in clear text when sharing the pairing code from the phone app.
  • Error codes will now be shown in error dialogs, so the Frameo support can better help you resolve any unexpected issues.

Modified:

  • Compatibility adjustments for more phone screen sizes.

iOS app

Upcoming release

Estimated

2025-06

v1.34

Many updates to the gallery and send flow to improve usability and look.

Improved:

• Loading of photos from frame when frame has a lot of photos (1000+)

Released

Released

2025-05

v1.33

Update to photo adjustment and focuses on improved performance and memory usage in the Frameo app.

Added:

• Romanian language

Released

2025-05

v1.32.14

Bug fixes

Released

2025-05

v1.32.12

Father’s Day and Summer greetings

Released

2025-03

v1.32.11

Bug fix update.

Fixed:

• Forwarding from history was missing thumbnails in send flow

Released

2025-03

v1.32.10

Easter and Mother’s Day greetings.

Released

2025-03

v1.32

Minor update that adds the option to remove a profile photo set in the Frameo app.

Modified:

• Updated icons in Settings

• Fixed multiple messages about completed restore

Released

2025-01

v1.31

Frameo+ now supports Google Cast!

This new Frameo+ feature lets you display your favorite photos directly from the app to any Google Cast compatible TV. To use it, make sure your phone and Google Cast device are connected to the same network. Then, open your frame photos in the app, tap the Cast icon, and your photos will appear on the connected device.

Released

2024-12

v1.30

A maintenance version in preparation for the holidays. It’s the season!

Fixed:

  • Fix for videos on 4k frames in portrait
  • Fix for caption change being slow to update

Released

2024-12

v1.29

The Frameo+ feature ‘See Frame Photos’ is being expanded with ‘Manage Frame Photos’.

This new feature allows you to manage all the great memories stored on the frame easily. With the owner’s permission, you can hide or delete photos directly from your phone and display them from the app on the frame.

You can also manage videos — while playback isn’t supported, you can still hide, delete, or display them on the frame.

Added:

  • Added Facebook login

Fixed:

  • Fix for videos on Lexar frames in landscape

Released

2024-10

v1.28

Introducing Greetings.
Now, you can make your photos extra special with our new graphical themes.

Whether it’s a birthday, the festive season, Mother’s Day, or any special occasion throughout the year, send and receive personalized greetings to delight family and friends!

You can access the Greetings-feature directly from the gallery overview.

Added:

  • Added dark and tinted mode AppIcons for iOS18

Fixed:

  • Problem with sharing from other apps

Released

2024-08-09

v1.27.19

Bug fix

Released

2024-08-02

v1.27.18

Bug fixes

Released

2024-07-01

v1.27.11

Improvements to Frameo+ and bug fixes

Released

2024-05-09

v1.25

Introducing Frameo+. Everything you love - plus a little extra!

We have developed a bunch of brand-new features and wrapped it up in a package we call Frameo+. These extra features include:

See frame photos
You can now easily bring your favorite moments with you by seeing frame photos remotely in the Frameo app on your phone.

Cloud backup
Secure your own and your loved ones’ precious photos in a cloud backup for extra safety. This means you will be able to restore all of your photos and videos on a new frame.

Send 100 photos
Send up to 100 photos at once. Perfect for sharing all your vacation photos in a snap.

Send 2 min. videos

Send up to 2 minute video clips so your friends and family can enjoy even more.

Please note that everything you can do for free with Frameo today, you can still do in the future. We will NOT remove any features from your familiar free version of Frameo.

Also, rest assured that we will continue to develop new features for the free app. The subscription solely offers extra features – hence the name Frameo+.

Released

2024-02-15

v1.23

Thank you for using Frameo to share your moments! This update includes exciting new features:

  • Resumable transfers to the frame

If you experience any problems, we are always here to help. Please write to our support team at [email protected].