Aura Frames

I like the ease of loading photos onto the frame. It is easy to share with others. it’s wonderful to see the photos scroll by. However, it would be nice if they implemented remote control for the tap button on top. If you have the frame mounted on the wall above a piece of furniture, it is more difficult to get up and walk across the room and tap the screen to hear the volume or replay a video or to see the date on the photo. I would like to do that from my phone. Also, it does not incorporate the comments from the photos into the app. So you have to add the comments After it’s uploaded. Also, I would like to see the option to autoplay the videos, and to set scroll time less than 15 seconds. I’m guessing some more options might be coming out in future releases. Otherwise, work as advertised, I’ve had no problems, and I enjoy seeing photos.

I used to think the app was so easy and then some update happened and now it infuriates me. I always edit my photos in LR and then I export them to my photos. Not sure if it was the new Apple update but now in the aura app, those recently edited photos no longer show up at the end of my album but instead mixed into the unedited photos so instead of selecting the most recent 30 edits.. I have to scroll through 100s of photos and decipher which ones are edited. On top of that, when I’m trying to add from the aura app and import the photos from the Lightroom folder, it automatically starts in my collection from like 4 years ago and every single time I have to scroll through like 4 years of photos just to get to my latest. Once again, it used to not be this way. I have no idea if it’s just aura not being super compatible with the latest Apple update but it is MADDENING. Like.. to the point that I barely add photos to the 4 frames that we have purchased for ourselves and family members… and I used to add almost daily. Pleeeeeeaaasee I’m begging you to fix this because I’m obsessed with the frame… but HATE the process of adding photos now.

Aura frame has significant set up/connection issues. App says ‘set up error’, while the frame says ‘connected’. Then, after ‘factory reset’ it was still connected to my home WiFi?? Wry concerning. Never got it ‘connected for someone else’. (should only have one set up option, absolutely no need for multiple set up options). Tried again to set it up ‘for myself’ (even tho it’s supposed to be a gift) and I guess it worked as photos did appear but I was unimpressed. First, Aura attempts a serious privacy issue by uploading ALL of your photos on your phone to their cloud - this is absolutely unnecessary and concerning when combined with the factory reset not actually resetting. Then, once loaded ‘selected’ photos to the frame, those photos just shuffle through. There is no way to see or highlight the newest pictures sent to the frame?? Not even in the chronological mode. Aura advertises ‘unlimited cloud space’ for photos to frame. So if the newest photos are not easily accessible or highlighted in any manner… and there is a preset 10 min timeframe between photos (yes, preset can be changed but someone at Aura thought 10 min was a good preset time??)… even so, can you imagine how long it will take to ‘happen upon’ a new photo(s) sent to the frame?? Or just sit there for DAYS waiting to see if a new photo showed up. 👎🏼 $150+ for an Aura frame is a waste of $$ when existing social media apps have the ability to share new photos in a controlled and expected manner… at no charge!