New in Queryable 2.1.7
Search the text in your photos (optional)
Find screenshots, receipts, notes, menus and signs by the words in them, and copy all the text from a photo. Turn on Search Text in Photos in Settings, then switch the search bar between Visual and Text. It is off by default: accurate text recognition has to read each photo individually, so it takes much longer than building the description index, which processes photos in batches. You can pause it and continue later.
Recognition on the device
Text is recognized by Apple’s on-device engine at its highest accuracy, fully offline. Queryable reads English and, where Apple’s engine supports it, your device language; 寻隐 reads Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and English.
Videos and Live Photos with sound
Videos and Live Photos play with sound, even in silent mode, and GIFs animate.
A redesigned interface
The interface is fully redesigned. Recent searches appear on the home screen, one tap away, and you can clear them anytime.
Privacy, performance and reliability
- Text recognition runs with network access off; photos never leave the device.
- Text search is off by default, so building the description index is as fast as before.
- Photos stored only in iCloud are skipped by text recognition; open one and download its original, and its text is recognized then.
- Description search is unchanged and needs no setup beyond the first index.
寻隐 2.1.7 更新摘要
- 文字搜索（可选）：识别截图、票据、笔记、菜单、路牌上的字，按文字找到照片；还能一键拷贝照片中的全部文字。默认关闭，可在设置中开启。
- 使用系统最高精度的本机识别引擎，支持中英文，全程离线。
- 视频和实况照片在静音模式下也能播放声音，GIF 动图可以直接播放。
- 全新界面：最近的搜索词会显示在首页推荐里，随时可以清除。
- 所有照片分析仍完全在设备本地完成。
Source and availability
These notes are derived from the live App Store release notes for version 2.1.7, checked on 2026-11-11. Queryable is available from the international App Store, 寻隐 from the China App Store, and the implementation is published in the open-source repository.