I have already asked it inside a post in another thread, but it could get easily overlooked. Is the iOS option for Infuse “Update in background” supposed to refresh the metadata when using other apps? Because I have it enabled and it doesn’t seem to do anything. Anytime I switch to another app, or e…

Confirmed. This will be available in the upcoming 6.1.6 release, which will be out around the release of iOS 13. This will allow Infuse continue indexing and/or file downloads in the background, and periodically check for new files and index them without having to open the app.

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Platforms iPhone & iPad

remotevisitor August 31, 2019, 3:43pm 11

First post in the Suggestions sub-forum: Upcoming Features (updated 4/28/25)

James keeps the 1st entry updated with the current status of work.

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