Be My Eyes Touts ‘Significant New Capabilities’ in Winter 2025 App Update

Be My Eyes has announced its Winter 2025 update. In a blog post published last week, the San Francisco-based company said the upgrades bring with it “performance enhancements and flexible data choices for users.” The announcement is also notable in its timing; it coincides with the launch of the original app a decade ago, in 2015.

On the user experience side, Be My Eyes has added support for video calls in full 1080p resolution by default. The higher resolution, the company said, will enable volunteers and service agents to view “clearer images and finer details when zooming-in” as they ready to provide descriptions the user. Furthermore, Be My Eyes responded to a popular request by adding the ability for Be My AI to read descriptive texts aloud, even when a screen reader is inactive on the device. According to Be My Eyes, the functionality “[makes] for a more elegant and easy way to access descriptions without the need for additional software or settings.” Lastly, Be My Eyes has added the ability to save and share images, which includes alt-text, as well as support for the Shortcuts app on iOS.

As to data management, Be My Eyes has instituted a policy whereby images are deleted after 30 days. Users of course have discretion over which images they want to keep, but the default action is to purge images after a month’s time. In addition, the company notes users have the ability to opt-out of having their data used to train AI models if desired. The toggle is available in an “updated and simplified” menu in Settings.