### 🚀 What’s New  
- Added a **quick “Create Collection”** feature directly accessible from the search screen, allowing you to instantly create collections based on search terms or tags.  
- Introduced a new **“Smooth Animations”** setting with integrated haptic feedback and app-wide animations — this will serve as a central toggle for all animations in future updates.  
- Enhanced **zoom interactions** for a smoother and more responsive full-screen image viewing experience.  
- Implemented the **M3 Expressive Snackbar** with dismiss support for more intuitive user feedback.  

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### 🐞 Bug Fixes  
- Resolved background service cleanup issues to prevent timeouts.  
- Fixed a crash affecting Android 15+ devices after reboot.  
- Addressed a navigation bug when deleting images from the viewer.  

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### ⚙️ Technical & Performance Improvements  
- Refined **AI model selection validation** and improved related settings UI components.  
- Temporarily disabled the unstable **XMP tagging** feature pending further fixes.  
- Added **auto-deletion of APK files** post-update and integrated the new M3E SnackbarService.  
- Expanded the **update checking pipeline** to detect up to three upcoming releases.  
- Simplified **privacy acknowledgment** logic by centralizing key constants.  
- Cleaned up **Gemma’s quick settings** section for improved readability.  
- Upgraded to **Flutter SDK 3.35.7** for enhanced stability and performance.  
- Updated the **project roadmap documentation** for clearer development tracking.  

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