Product Updates
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March 2026
LatestMessages & Notifications
- New Messages tool: view full message history for every event
- Compose custom SMS and email messages to guests directly from the portal
- Schedule messages for later delivery
- Audience filtering: send to all guests, specific sessions, or individual guests
- Template variables: {guest_name}, {event_name}, {gallery_url} for personalized messages
Mobile App Experience
- Tool config pages now use Settings/Preview tabs on mobile
- Preview no longer overlaps bottom navigation on small screens
- Smaller, mobile-friendly titles that fit narrow viewports
- Improved responsive layout across all tool configuration pages
Gallery Improvements
- Session grouping with proper session codes displayed in the gallery
- Paginated loading for faster gallery performance on large events
- Shimmer placeholders while photos load for a smoother experience
- Today-only toggle to quickly filter gallery to today's photos
- Session sections config option: choose how sessions appear in the gallery
iOS App Updates
- Full-resolution lightbox photos with pinch-to-zoom
- Save to Photos button in Event Gallery for quick local saves
- Gallery opens full-screen on iPad for immersive browsing
- Upload recovery on foreground: pending uploads resume automatically
- Cloud error logging for improved diagnostics and support
Media Management
- Assign or remove guests on individual photos from the Media lightbox
- Guest gallery links accessible from Sessions and Guests views
- Session download: Download All button generates a ZIP emailed to you
Face Recognition Dashboard
- New 'Face Enrolled' tab on the People page
- View enrolled people count and face embedding statistics
- Match count displayed per enrolled person
- Quick filtering between all people and face-enrolled people
February 2026
Company Switcher & Brand Wizard
- Company switcher in the titlebar: quickly switch between companies you belong to
- New 3-step Brand Kit creation wizard: identity, default tools, and team access
- Brand-level team access: assign viewer, contributor, or admin roles per brand
- Redesigned event dashboard with SVG group icons and dot grid background
- Hover underline fixes across all interactive cards
Face Recognition & Find My Photos
- Automatic face detection on all uploaded photos
- Find My Photos: guests take a selfie to find all their event photos
- Tag a Friend: tag friends in photos and send them an invitation
- Face match results broadcast in real-time to iOS capture app
- Admin face review dashboard with confirm/reject controls
iOS Capture App
- Camera tethering with Canon, Sony, and Nikon cameras
- Live capture with real-time face detection overlay
- QR code scanning to quickly add guests to sessions
- SD card import with RAW-to-JPEG conversion
- Photo editing with brightness, contrast, and curves controls
- iPad support with adaptive layouts
- Background upload queue with offline support
Gallery Improvements
- Infinite scroll / lazy loading for large galleries
- Lightbox with keyboard navigation, pinch-to-zoom, and swipe
- Dark mode across all gallery pages
- Brand logo and favicon on all gallery pages
- Gallery subdomain: gallery.brandstudiohq.com
- Friendly admin URLs: /events/{brand}/{event-slug}
Security & Account
- Two-factor authentication (2FA) with authenticator app
- Backup codes for 2FA recovery
- Enhanced password reset flow
- Strengthened XSS protection on galleries
- Upload size limits and file validation
Photos & Organization
- Hierarchical folder organization with drag-and-drop reordering
- Grid and Masonry view options with S/M/L thumbnail sizes
- Auto-create date-based folders from photos
- Custom branding overlays per folder
- Bulk download as ZIP with custom file naming
Performance
- Cloudflare R2 storage for zero egress fees
- Improved 600px thumbnails for high-DPI displays
- Local photo caching for faster loading
- 30-second API timeout for reliability
- Real-time WebSocket updates for galleries and slideshows