Major improvements to performance, usability, and the foundation of Photok's security architecture.
The highlight of this release is the introduction of the new Vault Master Key (VMK) architecture. This is a complete redesign of the encryption layer that strengthens security while unlocking important new capabilities for the future. Existing vaults are migrated seamlessly without re-encrypting your files, and biometric unlock data can be migrated as well.
With the new VMK structure, Photok can now support:
- Stronger and more flexible encryption management
- Changing your vault password without re-encrypting all files
- The technical foundation for future recovery phrase support
- Improved backup security with password confirmation before backup creation
Beyond the new security architecture, this release adds HEIC support, pinned files, faster album loading through thumbnail optimization, a redesigned settings screen, and many translation updates from the community.
What's Changed
- Update Simplified Chinese language by @sr093906 in #662
- i18n: Turkish Translations Have Been Improved by @RamazanMuslu in #661
- Feature: HEIC image format by @leonlatsch in #666
- Fix: Close Image Viewer when last item gets deleted by @leonlatsch in #679
- Tech: Enable code minification by @leonlatsch in #674
- Performance: use thumbnails for album grid images by @leonlatsch in #680
- Migration to Vault Master Key Architecture by @leonlatsch in #677
- Translate strings.xml to Portuguese by @WallaceVBB in #675
- Translate strings to French in strings.xml by @WallaceVBB in #676
- Update Simplified Chinese strings by @sr093906 in #683
- Feature: Pin files at top of album by @leonlatsch in #682
- Translate strings to Brazilian Portuguese by @WallaceVBB in #685
- Fix typo in CONTRIBUTING.md example link by @WallaceVBB in #686
- Update French translations in strings.xml by @WallaceVBB in #687
- i18n: Turkish Translations Have Been Improved by @RamazanMuslu in #688
- VMK improvements and unit tests by @leonlatsch in #684
- UI: New Design for settings screen by @leonlatsch in #689
- Update Simplified Chinese translation by @sr093906 in #691
- i18n: update Indonesian translation by @TheRebo in #693
- i18n: update Indonesian translation (fix) by @TheRebo in #696
New Contributors
- @WallaceVBB made their first contribution in #675
Full Changelog: 2.8.0...3.0.0