diff --git a/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/local_album.repository.dart b/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/local_album.repository.dart
index db72dddc57..19495317d5 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/local_album.repository.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/infrastructure/repositories/local_album.repository.dart
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import 'package:immich_mobile/infrastructure/repositories/db.repository.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/database.utils.dart';
 import 'package:platform/platform.dart';
 
-enum SortLocalAlbumsBy { id, backupSelection, isIosSharedAlbum, name, assetCount }
+enum SortLocalAlbumsBy { id, backupSelection, isIosSharedAlbum, name, assetCount, newestAsset }
 
 class DriftLocalAlbumRepository extends DriftDatabaseRepository {
   final Drift _db;
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class DriftLocalAlbumRepository extends DriftDatabaseRepository {
           SortLocalAlbumsBy.isIosSharedAlbum => OrderingTerm.asc(_db.localAlbumEntity.isIosSharedAlbum),
           SortLocalAlbumsBy.name => OrderingTerm.asc(_db.localAlbumEntity.name),
           SortLocalAlbumsBy.assetCount => OrderingTerm.desc(assetCount),
+          SortLocalAlbumsBy.newestAsset => OrderingTerm.desc(_db.localAlbumEntity.updatedAt),
         });
       }
       query.orderBy(orderings);
diff --git a/mobile/lib/providers/infrastructure/album.provider.dart b/mobile/lib/providers/infrastructure/album.provider.dart
index da0f9bc9ce..029d912155 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/providers/infrastructure/album.provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/providers/infrastructure/album.provider.dart
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ final localAlbumServiceProvider = Provider<LocalAlbumService>(
 );
 
 final localAlbumProvider = FutureProvider<List<LocalAlbum>>(
-  (ref) => LocalAlbumService(ref.watch(localAlbumRepository)).getAll(),
+  (ref) => LocalAlbumService(ref.watch(localAlbumRepository)).getAll(sortBy: {SortLocalAlbumsBy.newestAsset}),
 );
 
 final localAlbumThumbnailProvider = FutureProvider.family<LocalAsset?, String>(