Being able to use the mobile app offline or standalone

[Lendi24]

One thing I really like about google photos is how it can replace the default photos app entirely

I feel like there are only few things missing for this type of experience here. If you could only see you local pictures next the the remote ones and use the app without logging in, we would basically be there!

This could allow for some interesting use-cases, like options to automatically offload local copies for images newer than one year or only keeping low resolution versions locally.

One could also see cerian albums being marked as "both on server and device", keeping them in sync with other devices while still being easily accessible!

This may not be something to focus on this early, but it would be a really cool feature!
Also, it's my first time writing feature requests, so I'm sorry if I messed something up! 😅

[raelgc]

Basically the "offline" copies could be initially, like on Google Photos, just the content from /DCIM/Camera. When you select a non /DCIM/Camera picture, you have the option to download it, which will download it exactly to /DCIM/Camera.

[dev-ritik]

This sounds pretty cool feature to have. The app currently is unusable if it is offline. Do we have plans to get it implemented? Happy to help with the dev work as well

[alextran1502]

It is usable to some extended. If the remote images are not cached, it won't show if you don't have connection to the server though

[crashmit]

Maybe I've been missing it but what I'd love to see is an option enable automatic caching of all images on the device. Perhaps with quality as a selection for the user so it doesn't need to be the full res one if you're on limited phone storage. This could also help the UX when on slower internet connections as something is always already visible and in all circumstances the library is browsable. As @Lendi24 said, that would also help me to use Immich as my sole photos app on my phone.