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Lens Web SDK Changelog

A version-by-version history all of Lens Web SDK releases since the beginning of time

v1.22.0

Released 1/22/2025

  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.21.0

Released 12/17/2024

  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.20.0

Released 12/11/2024

  • LensError now includes a details property that can contain additional context. For example, LensUserAgentError includes a userAgent object that contains the parsed user agent.
  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.19.0

Released 11/4/2024

  • The config.appVersion option when initializing the library is now optional.
  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.18.0

Released 10/2/2024

  • Added a new location.preciseAccuracyMax option to open() that sets the maximum number of meters allowed for accuracy when precise location is required.
  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.17.0

Released 8/19/2024

  • The font used for text throughout the camera can now be customized with the CSS variable --lens-camera-font-family. See Style Customizations for more details.

v1.16.0

Released 7/15/2024

  • Videos can now be up to 60 seconds in length, increased from 30 seconds.

v1.15.1

Released 6/20/2024

  • Fixed an issue preventing Chrome WebViews.

v1.15.0

Released 6/18/2024

  • Added support for Safari and Chrome WebViews.

v1.14.0

Released 6/3/2024

  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.13.0

Released 5/29/2024

  • Added support for Safari's private mode, which previously failed when taking a capture.

v1.12.0

Released 5/17/2024

  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.11.0

Released 5/2/2024

  • Added security improvements for enhanced capture authenticity and integrity.
  • Fixed an issue that caused captures to fail when location was not required.

v1.10.0

Released 4/5/2024

  • Added an id property to the capture object, which is a unique, randomly generated identifier for the capture while in the browser.
  • Added a status property to the capture object that contains the current status of the capture, all of which are enumerated in a new STATUSES constant.
  • Added a config option, storeCaptures, which stores captures in the browser for reference indefinitely, rather than only during the period of pending and active upload. It defaults to false.
  • Added a feature that automatically pauses and resumes uploads when page visibility changes, such as switching tabs or backgrounding the browser.
  • Improved upload handling by ensuring media that are pending upload are not longer lost if the page is reloaded. Captures are automatically stored in the browser and re-enqueued for upload. A new captures-loaded event is fired when this happens after the camera is initialized.
  • Added a function, deleteCapture(), which deletes a single capture stored in the browser, and deleteAllCaptures()deletes them all.
  • Added a function, retryUpload(), which manually retries an upload.
  • Added a cap of 25 upload attempts per capture. If all attempts fail, the status of the capture is set to ERROR, and it must be manually retried using retryUpload().
  • Added a class,LensUploadError, which is thrown for every failed upload attempt.

v1.9.1

Released 2/27/2024

  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.9.0

Released 2/20/2024

  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.8.0

Released 2/8/2024

  • Added a function, isUserAgentSupported(), to check whether the current browser (user agent) is supported.
  • Added a function, useExternalUploadIndicator, that moves or removes the upload indicator from the default position.
  • User interface improvements.

v1.7.0

Released 1/26/2024

  • Added an option, allowModeChange, to configure whether to allow the user to change the mode from photo or video in the camera.
  • Fixed an issue causing style bleeding.
  • User interface improvements.

v1.6.0

Released 12/1/2023

  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.5.0

Released 10/13/2023

  • Internal maintenance and bug fixes.

v1.4.0

Released 4/14/2023

  • Added a new feature that allows you to configure whether the user should be prompted for location permission and if it is required for capture. You can also set whether precise location permission is required. All of this can be configured when calling open(). As a result of this change, precise location is now required by default, whereas it wasn't previously.

v1.3.0

Released 1/31/2023

  • Added support for Apple and Android-based tablets, including iPads and Galaxy Tablets. See the web integration guide for an updated list of device and browser support.

v1.2.0

Released 1/11/2023

  • Improved how upload retries are handled.
  • Added an error event, which fires when an error occurs that may be useful to your integration.

v1.1.0

Released 11/30/2022

  • Added support to set process options on camera open. This feature unlocks the ability to do location comparison on each capture, as well as toggle on/off specific services in parity with the options available in a POST upload capture request to the web API.

v1.0.1

Released 11/10/2022

  • Lowered JPEG quality from 100 to 95, which reduces file size by half with minimal perceptible change.

v1.0.0

Released 10/3/2022

  • Initial release! 🎉

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