🌟 Summary

The v8.3.10 release introduces support for HEIC images in predictions, which are commonly used by Apple devices. 📷

📊 Key Changes

• HEIC Image Support: Code enhancements allow for HEIC image loading and processing in predictions.
• Documentation Update: Added notes specifying that HEIC support is for inference only.
• Version Update: Bumped version from 8.3.9 to 8.3.10 to incorporate these modifications.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• Enhanced Compatibility: Users can now use HEIC images for inference, expanding the range of compatible image formats.
• Improved Clarity: Documentation improvements help users understand the capabilities and limitations of HEIC support, ensuring a better user experience.

Additional updates in this release included documentation enhancements, improved image filename handling, and updates to ensure consistency in dataset names and integrative documentation. Each of these efforts contributes to smoother operation and better user clarity.

What's Changed

• Sort alphabetical integrations in docs by @jk4e in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16819
• Fix empty paths while saving images with PIL bytes input by @SheffeyG in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16809
• Fix typos in Tasks in docs so description matches example code by @jk4e in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16825
• Fixed YOLO heads docstrings by @ambitious-octopus in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16822
• Adding missing MNIST160 reference in Docs by @jk4e in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16836
• ultralytics 8.3.10 Apple iPhone HEIC support by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16853

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/compare/v8.3.9...v8.3.10