Photo update August 2019 - Photos desaturated

[Chase39]

Has anyone else noticed that the viewing experience on mobile has changed? All my photos are lacking some color (desaturated) when scrolling. If i press on a photo, the app opens the photo and it's the true color of the photo, but then you have to X out to scroll again. It's really strange and I don't like it. I don't want to over-saturate my photos to compensate. I don't understand why they would take color out of the photos and make the photos look worse. I'm a photographer and do photos for many clients. This is annoying. 

[Solveig0 · Accepted solution]

Its the same on desktop. They have added an overlay and only when you click on the image you see its true colours. They change things regularly. 

[Chase39]

Hi Solveig, Thanks for the response. That's what I thought they had done. Having just finished uploading photos for a client, I was not stoked to see the overlay. On mobile, I don't think people click to open the photos (I generally don't). I guess this helps give the airbnb photos a more uniform look across the platform. oh well. I know the instant I oversaturate photos to make them look better, they'll switch it back and all my photos will look bad! haha.