WhatsApp obviously needs to cement its position as the default position where you share snaps with friends and family: a new update to its iOS app now allows you to send photos and videos to your friends in “original quality”.
Back in August, WhatsApp introduced a new option to send HD photos on iOS, Android and desktop. While that was an improvement, it still involved some compression – so now the messaging app is bringing an uncompressed option to iOS users, as spotted by WABetaInfo.
To get the new ‘original quality’ option for photos and videos, you’ll need version 23.24.73 of WhatsApp on iOS, which is rolling out “over the coming weeks” (although it’s already available for us in the App Store).
Once installed, the procedure for sending uncompressed media is simple. Just tap the “” icon in any chat, go to Document, tap “Choose Photo or Video,” and decide on the record you need to send. You’ll have the same old option to upload a title and then simply tap the blue “submit” icon to generate it.
There are some limitations. First of all, logs are limited to 2GB, so you can’t consider WhatsApp as your unlimited cloud backup service. In addition, images and videos sent in this way will appear as a registration icon in your chat history, rather than as a small preview of the symbol itself.
Still, if you take a particularly memorable photo or video on your iPhone and need to share it while retaining its original quality, the new feature is worth considering, especially if there are other people in your WhatsApp group who know a thing or two about editing.
This new WhatsApp feature, which became available to iOS beta users last month, is a big little update for iPhone owners who need to maintain the quality of their shared images or send symbol files to friends for editing.
So when is it coming to Android? WhatsApp has also been beta testing it for Android since September. While there’s no official release date yet, it’s already on its way.
You can now share larger symbol files on Android using the existing document sharing option, although it is largely aimed at text files. This feature is a little easier to use for images and videos, which is why we think WhatsApp will launch it on Android. soon (if not for desktop).
The lack of a symbol preview option means it’s probably a more specialized option than the same traditional method of sharing compressed snaps with your family, but in fact, it’s rarely a convenient option for sharing a Drive or Google Photos link.
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