WhatsApp users on iOS and Android no longer have to worry about sending low-quality images on the platform, as they can now send photos as a document and retain the original picture quality.<\/p>\n
According to WABetaInfo<\/a><\/strong>, the feature has been in beta testing for approximately a month, during which only select users could use it. However, it is now rolling out to all WhatsApp users on Android and iOS.<\/p>\n To send an original-quality image on WhatsApp on an iOS device, users must tap the “+” symbol, select “Documents”, and then “Choose photo or video”.<\/p>\n Android users follow the same method. However, they tap on the paperclip “attach” symbol rather than the “+” icon.<\/p>\n The platform limits file sizes sent using the method to 2GB. MyBroadband tested the feature, and it appears to be available to iOS and Android WhatsApp users in South Africa.<\/p>\n The Meta Platforms-owned company was developing the feature for Android in August 2023, and it also appears to have rolled out to users in South Africa.<\/p>\n Previously, WhatsApp users could only send images through the “Photo & Video Library” option, which heavily compressed images to save data.<\/p>\n The platform introduced an “HD” option<\/strong><\/a> for images in August 2023. However, it had an upper limit for image quality and still compressed images to some extent.<\/p>\n The ability to send original-quality images on WhatsApp for iOS arrived in an update that brought several other features with it.<\/p>\n Users on iOS can now start group voice chats without ringing everyone in large groups and react to statuses using their avatars.<\/p>\n The update also brought new chat bubbles, making it easier for users to see missed, ongoing and completed calls.<\/p>\n WhatsApp users can now send original-quality images and videos through the send documents options, provided they are smaller than 2GB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":484533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[691,1125,2594],"class_list":["post-518521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-ios","tag-iphone","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518697,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518521\/revisions\/518697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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