Over the years, smartphone cameras have started producing overly processed images, which makes them look unnatural. This has given birth to new camera apps that let you capture images with minimal processing, Halide Process Zero being the most popular implementation.
Back in June 2025, Adobe quietly entered this segment and launched Project Indigo, an experimental camera app with a simple goal: make your phone photos look less like phone photos.
It offers full manual controls, shoots in JPEG and raw DNG, and is free to download. After spending the better part of a year refining the experience, Adobe is now bringing it to more devices.
Which new devices support Project Indigo?
The latest update brings iPad support to the app. If your iPad has at least 6GB of RAM, you are good to go. That covers iPad Pro models from 2020 onwards, M1 and later iPad Air models, the latest iPad mini, and the 11th-generation iPad. The iPhone 17e also joins the supported devices list with this update.
Adobe is being upfront that this is “initial support” for iPads, and the app is not yet tuned for the larger screen. So don’t expect a perfect experience right away, but it’s a solid start.
I installed the app on my 11-inch iPad Pro without issues. However, the app seems to have problems in handling the portrait-to-landscape rotation. When you rotate the iPad to landscape, the viewfinder stays in portrait mode. In my testing, enabling orientation lock fixes the issue.
What else is new in this update?
Beyond the expanded device support, the update brings several useful quality-of-life improvements. There is a new grid view in the filmstrip that makes it easier to find your photos and select multiple images at once for sharing or deletion. You can also use that multi-selection feature to import several photos directly into Lightroom mobile.
Filtering is another welcome addition. You can now switch between All Photos, your Indigo Album, and Favorites in the filmstrip and grid. The update also adds an option to display the 35mm equivalent focal length for rear cameras, which you can toggle on in Capture settings.
If you have not used the Project Indigo app on your iPhone, I highly recommend you try it. I have been using it for the past few months, and it has produced genuinely impressive images.
