Kapal 1.7.3 — Snapshots, Sharing, and Smarter Alerts
A massive thank-you to everyone using the Roadmap in Settings to submit ideas and vote on what comes next. Every single feature in this update came directly from your suggestions and the community votes that pushed them to the top. This is your release.
WHAT'S NEW
- HD event snapshots — event photos now pull a full-resolution frame from the recording stream when available, with a graceful fallback to the standard snapshot. Massive quality upgrade on cameras with low detect resolution.
- Photo / Video switcher — event detail now has a proper segmented control to swap between the photo and the clip. Snapshot is finally a first-class view, not a placeholder.
- Pinch, zoom, and pan on the fullscreen photo — tap the photo to go fullscreen, then pinch to zoom in, drag to pan, double-tap to toggle 2.5x. Share button included.
- Bigger, sharper event list thumbnails — new Full Frame option (now the default) shows the whole camera frame for each event instead of a tight 175x175 crop. Toggle right from the Events tab toolbar if you prefer the old style.
- Offline Camera Alerts (Kapal+) — get a notification when a camera has been offline for a while. Configurable threshold, optional "back online" alerts, per-camera toggles. Lives under System → Connection → Offline Alerts.
- Faster live grid — camera previews now use WebP where supported, dropping bandwidth roughly 10x at the same image quality. Falls back automatically.
- iPad polish — events now lay out as a 2-column grid and the long-standing tap bug on event cards is fixed.
KEEP THE IDEAS COMING
Every feature above started as a comment in the Roadmap. Settings → System → Roadmap. Submit what you want, vote on what others have asked for, and be specific! The more clearly you describe the use case, the easier it is to design the right thing.
Thank you for making Kapal better. :)