Apple explains why some user's iOS 16 photos don't show Duplicate Items album

Apple today explained why some iPhone users who recently updated to iOS 16 may not see the new duplicate item album in the Photos app. As a new feature in iOS 16, the Photos app will automatically detect any duplicate photos and videos in the user's library and organize them into a duplicate item album for review, giving users the option to merge duplicate sets and delete duplicates. rest media.

However, many users reported that the duplicate item album did not appear after updating their iPhone software, not knowing if it was a bug or not. In a new support document, Apple clarified that to display the duplicate album, a user's iPhone must first index the photo library and find the duplicates, but this detection process requires the iPhone to be locked and connected to a power source.

"Depending on the tasks running in the background and the size of your photo library, this process can happen very quickly, or it can take days to complete," Apple added. It's important to note that if the user doesn't have any copies in their iPhone library, the Duplicates album will not appear under the Utilities section of the Photos app.