Hot on the heels of last week's release, we're releasing this small update full of improvements. We've improved the performance while recording at high frame rates, updated our translations, and fixed two cases where the app might crash. Please continue submitting feedback to support@lux.camera, or message us at @halideapp.bsky.social. Your reports help us know what to tackle next.
Of course this update includes all the awesome feature from Kino 1.2, “Casablanca”!
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This is a major update, so we have a handful of huge improvements to talk about.
A NEW LOOK
Wow, did you notice that new icon? Kino gets a new, friendlier face, along with support for iOS 18 icon customization like tinting and more. We think you'll reel-y like it.
UPDATED IN SPEED
Kino supports high frame rate capture! That's right, you can capture graded footage at up to 120 frames per second — and that goes up to 4K 120FPS on iPhone 16 Pro! Note that some format options might require an external SSD at the highest quality settings.
UPDATED FOR CONTROL
Speaking of the iPhone 16 Pro, we now have our first update our to support Camera Control. With a few swipes, you can adjust your exposure, tweak your focus, or quickly switch between grades. To prevent accidental swipes mid-recording, we also have a Lock option like in Kino’s sister app, Halide. Stay tuned — there’s even more cool features taking advantage of the Camera Control on iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro coming.
Kino’s great for all sorts of iPhones, though. This is a bit of control many wanted: we know everyone has a different favorite grade, so we now let you reorganize them in our grade settings. Move your favorites to the top for easy access in the grade picker or Camera Control adjustment.
UPDATED FOR YOU
Hallo! Bonjour! こんにちは! We've localized Kino into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese.
UPDATED IN DEPTH
Last but not least, we've polished the app's design. We've tweaked edged, rounded some circles, and we are adding more icons to [REDACTED] in the hidden [REDACTED].
We have other updates in the works, and we'd love to hear what to update next. You can reach us at Halideapp on Bluesky, Halide at mastodon.social, @Halideapp on Threads and Instagram, and Halidecamera on Twitter. For any support needs, please reach out at support@lux.camera.
If you love this release, please leave us a review in the App Store! It really helps a lot and supports our continued development of the app.
- Team Kino