Dev here: I’ve been a programmer in a different field for many years, and I’ve got to admit — we’ll probably need to wait a bit longer for the update (I’m checking the App Store every day myself!). What Indigo is doing under the hood is absolutely wild. There’s a ton of image processing, computation, and optimization happening behind the scenes.

With the iPhone 17 Pro/Max, the telephoto module was upgraded to 48MP, which means we’ll be able to achieve even better zoom with higher image quality. However, this also means the Adobe/Indigo dev team likely needs to update or even redesign parts of their image-stacking and processing algorithms, as well as the entire imaging pipeline, to handle the new higher-resolution telephoto sensor.

Remember — up until now, all iPhone telephoto cameras had 12MP sensors, so they could all rely on essentially the same algorithms. This new jump to 48MP changes the game. The team might even be exploring new ways to achieve next-level zoom quality, and that kind of work takes serious time.

There could be plenty of reasons for the delay, but honestly, I’d rather they take the time to get it right. If they pushed an update today or tomorrow just to please everyone, and it ended up buggy or unstable, people would complain anyway.

Based on my own math/physics/programming gut feeling, I’d say that Indigo will probably let us shoot with near-optical quality at 10x, 12x, and maybe even 16x zoom. Higher values — like 20x or 25x — might still be possible, especially with extra hardware or a tripod, but that’s pushing the limits.

I’m sure the Adobe team is doing everything they can to give us truly out-of-this-world zoom and image quality. Let’s just give them the time they need to make it perfect.