WhatsApp users now have an easier way to send images or videos original quality. For a long time, we had to resort to tricks that, while performing their functions perfectly, require additional steps and are not entirely intuitive, which can be annoying, especially when we are in a hurry.

Yes we know. If quality is what matters to us, messaging apps are not the ideal option for sending multimedia content; but Meta is slowly trying to improve this weak point of its app on both iPhone and Android. In August, WhatsApp was updated to allow images to be sent in HD. Now he’s gone one step further.

WhatsApp now lets you send images in original quality

After months of beta testing, WhatsApp has started rolling out the new menu sending documents. You may be wondering what documents have to do with sending original quality images and videos. The answer is; It is an alternative that WhatsApp offers us to prevent our content from losing quality.

This means we will have two ways to send multimedia content. On the one hand, the classic way is to select them from the Gallery of our phone. Here exactly the maximum quality available will be “HD”. That is, WhatsApp will send an image that suits the needs of many users, but with reduced quality and resolution.

The other alternative that interests us in this article is to send images or videos as documents. As we said, although this is already possible with tricks, we now have a more intuitive and official alternative. But the innovation has a limitation: “original files” up to 2GB. Let’s see how it works.

How to send a picture without losing quality on Android?

• open WhatsApp
• Enter the recipient’s chat
• Click the paperclip icon to the right of the message box.
• choose Dfullness
• click Select from gallery (If this option does not appear, the news has not reached your phone yet.)
• Select the image you want and click the send button.

How to send a picture on iPhone without losing quality?

• Open WhatsApp.
• Enter the recipient’s chat.
• Click on the icon +.
• To choose Document.
• click Select Photo or Video (If this option does not appear, the news has not reached your phone yet.)
• Select the image you want and click the send button.

Advantages and disadvantages of sending images or videos as files on WhatsApp

Preview disappears when sending an image or video as a file on WhatsApp

Although sending photos and videos as files via WhatsApp is an advantage in terms of avoiding quality loss, it also has disadvantages. Both the sender and receiver of the message They won’t be able to see previews You can find some of them in the chat window. Instead, they will be greeted with the filename followed by the extension. Something like “IMG_3365.JPEG”.

As is often the case when a new functionality or feature comes on the scene, its deployment is not immediate. In this sense, it may take weeks for the feature to send images or videos as original quality files to your iOS or Android device to be available. You should be patient and keep the application updated.

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