WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging platforms available across various platforms. While WhatsApp Messenger lets you upload and send audio, video, and images to other users, it sends all the media in standard quality by default. When media is uploaded in standard quality, WhatsApp compresses the quality of images and videos resulting in a bad experience.
No need to worry, you can still send photos and videos in WhatsApp without losing quality or without compression. Here is a guide on how to send HD photos and videos on WhatsApp without compressing.
WhatsApp Messenger, if you didn’t know, has the option to let you send your images and video files in higher quality. Yes, you heard that right. You no longer need to upload or send your photo and video files as documents to preserve the quality of your images and videos.
How to Send High Quality Photos and Videos on WhatsApp
WhatsApp has been around for a long time. Released in 2009, the messaging platform has come a long way with many features such as use same WhatsApp account on multiple devices, post voice notes as status, chat lock feature, edit messages, screen sharing feature, and more. Another amazing addition is the ability to send HD photos in WhatsApp by default. In this guide we will be sharing three methods to send high quality photos and videos in WhatsApp.
First let’s start the method to set the HD quality for photos and videos default. Once you do that, you don’t have to select HD option every time while sending photos and videos in chat.
Set Default Photo and Video Upload Quality to HD on WhatsApp
Follow this method if you want to send photos or videos on WhatsApp without losing quality. This will work for both Android and iPhone. Here are the steps that you need to follow.
Step 1: Launch the WhatsApp Messenger app on your smartphone.
Step 2: Now, if you are on Android, tap on the three dots in the top right corner of your screen and choose Settings. If you are on iPhone, tap on the Settings icon in the bottom right corner.
Step 3: With the Settings page open, tap on Storage and Data.
Step 4: Finally, tap on Media Upload Quality. And select HD Quality.
And this is how you can set WhatsApp to send photo and video in high quality by default. If you want, you can always reverse the settings. However, do note that if you are sending HD quality images and videos via WhatsApp Messenger on mobile data, it will consume more data when compared to sending images or video files in standard quality. Additionally, it can also take more time to upload or download high quality files depending on your network speed.
If you have limited data and want to send select photos and videos in high quality on WhatsApp, then following method is for you.
Send HD Photos and Videos in WhatsApp (Manually)
The process of sending high-quality or HD-quality media is simple and super easy even if you haven’t set it to auto. Just follow these steps. This feature is available for Android as well as iOS devices.
Step 1: Launch the WhatsApp Messenger app on your smartphone. Ensure that the app is updated to the latest available version.
Step 2: Now, open a chat screen, where you plan to send a photo or video in high quality.
Step 3: If you are on iOS, tap on the plus (+) icon and if you are on Android, tap on the attachment (paper clip) icon.
Step 4: Now, select Photos or Gallery, depending on your device.
Step 5: Simply browse and search for the image or video you wish to send.
Step 6: When you have selected the image or video, you will see an HD icon at the top.
Step 7: Tap on the HD icon and choose High Quality option. Then tap the Send button.
Your photo or video will be sent in HD without losing quality.
Note: This will not work with photos that are not in HD quality such as screenshots.
And this is how you can easily send HD photo and video on WhatsApp. While this is perfect, it could be frustrating as you have to choose HD option every time you want to send high quality video or photo. In this case you can always follow the first method that lets you send images and videos in HD by default.
How to Send Photos and Videos on WhatsApp in Original Quality
Although there is an HD option to send high quality photo and video, the platform doesn’t send them in their original quality. So in that case what you can do is to send videos and photos as document. This way, the media will be send in original quality and same size as it is on your device. It’s quite simple. Here are the steps:
Step 1: Open the chat to which you want to send the media file.
Step 2: Tap + icon for iPhone or attachment icon for Android.
Step 3: From the options, select Document.
Step 4: Now select ‘Choose from gallery‘ (Android) or ‘Choose photo or video‘ (iPhone). You can also browse from Files but finding media in Gallery is easy.
Step 5: Select the Photo or Video you want to send, and then tap the Send button. You are allowed to send multiple files at once.
So this is the process to send photos as document in WhatsApp. This way, your photos and videos quality will remain the same as the original.
This concludes the guide on how to send HD photos and videos on WhatsApp without losing quality. Yes, there is a difference in the quality of the image or video file when you send it in HD quality. The file size will be bigger and the image or video file will look better when compared to the standard quality.
HD quality option proves to be an useful when you want to share long screenshots, important photos and videos, and more. Sending HD quality photos and videos on WhatsApp is quite easy. In case you have any queries, let us know in the comment section.
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