What’s new in Nero MediaHome 2026?

Nero MediaHome 2026 introduces powerful new features that make managing, organizing, and sharing your media collections easier than ever. Based on user feedback, this update brings significant improvements to metadata support and playlist/collection management across devices.

✨ What’s New

1. Full IPTC Metadata Support for Photos

 

  • View, search, and export IPTC metadata (e.g., location, title, copyright, creator) directly in Nero MediaHome.

  • Place information from IPTC tags is now integrated into the Places view, grouped together with your existing location data.

  • Edit IPTC metadata fields directly within Nero MediaHome and save changes seamlessly.

  • Benefit: Make use of the details you already added in-camera to better organize and find your photos.

2. Import and Export Playlists Across Apps and Devices

  • Import music playlists from popular formats: m3u, m3u8, PLS, WPL.

  • Export playlists as m3u or m3u8, ensuring compatibility across a wide range of apps and devices.

  • Imported playlists are fully integrated into your library for playback, editing, and further organization.

  • ⚠️ Note: Only accessible files will be imported. Entries pointing to unavailable locations (e.g., cloud-only files) will be skipped. If all files are inaccessible, the playlist will not be imported.

  • Benefit: Reuse your playlists across different platforms without manual rebuilding.

3. Export Photo and Video Collections to Local Folders

  • Previously limited to external devices, you can now export collections directly to any local folder on your computer.

  • Folder and album structures are preserved during export, keeping your collections consistent and organized.

  • Works with collections by Faces, Places, Albums, or other groupings.

  • Benefit: More flexibility for sharing, backup, and cross-device use.

💡 Upgrade Tip

Available with Subscription

The new features in Nero MediaHome 2026 are available exclusively with a subscription.

  • If you’re already a subscriber, simply update to the latest version and start using IPTC metadata support, playlist import/export, and flexible collection exports today.

  • 👉 Upgrade your workflow with Nero MediaHome 2026 and take your media management to the next level.

Upgrade Now 🛒

 

Nero Start release notes v.27.5.83.0

In recent updates, we’ve introduced several enhancements and improvements to make your experience smoother and more efficient. Here’s what’s new:

✨ New Features & Improvements

  • Refreshed Notification UI – A cleaner, more intuitive design for application notifications, making it easier to stay updated.

  • Manage ‘Hidden’ Products – Added support to view and manage hidden products, giving you better control over your catalog.

🐞 Bug Fixes & Improvements

Addressed minor stability issues and implemented top user-requested tweaks for better performance and usability.

We hope you enjoy these updates! As always, thank you for your support—keep the feedback coming.

Image Upscaler Release Notes – 27.5.17.0

New features

  • 1-Click Start/Cancel for Multiple Images
    You can now start or cancel upscaling with a single click for all selected images. This streamlined feature saves time and gives you greater control over batch processing.
1-click to start all images
1-click to start all images
  • New Local AI Model – Iris
    Meet Iris, our latest model designed to enhance fine contrast details like eyes, fur, hair, and feathers. Perfect for portraits and close-ups, Iris brings out the delicate textures in your images.
Meet our new model IRIS

Note: The “Iris” model is paid-only. It is available to yearly plan subscribers or lifetime owners from 2025 onwards. 2024 lifetime users need to purchase the 2025 version or a subscription to access it.

  • Seamless Editing in PhotoSnap
    After upscaling with Nero AI Image Upscaler, you can now fine-tune your images directly in PhotoSnap. Adjust colors, apply filters, retouch faces, add clip art, text, and more—without missing a beat.
Seamless Editing in PhotoSnap

Improvements

  • You can now enable face enhancement with any online upscaling model, thanks to Nero Cloud GPU. Enjoy sharper, more detailed facial features across all your images.
Face Enhancement with All online Models
  • You can now set a targeted scaling ratio for online upscaling models, giving you more control over the final image size and quality.
Custom Scaling Ratios for Online Upscaling

Bugfixes

  • We’ve fixed an issue where the app failed to load the local upscaling engine on certain devices.