The capability to ship HD images is rolling out to some beta testers.
With this characteristic, Meta-owned WhatsApp is making it simpler to share images with higher high quality by preserving their dimensions.
In excellent news for WhatsApp customers, the favored prompt messaging utility owned by Meta is reportedly planning to launch a brand new characteristic that can allow customers to ship high-definition (HD) images on each iPhones and Android gadgets. This characteristic is anticipated to enhance the consumer expertise whereas sending pictures.
With this characteristic, Meta-owned WhatsApp is making it simpler to share images with higher high quality by preserving their dimensions.
“We announced that WhatsApp was developing a new feature regarding media sharing: a photo-quality. After installing the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.11.0.76 update from the TestFlight app, and the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.12.13 update from the Google Play Store, some beta testers may be able to see a new option that allows them to manage the photo quality,” said WABetaInfo.
As per the screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, it will be possible to choose a better quality when sending photos, and the option only appears when you select a photo large in size. While this feature preserves image dimensions, minor compression will still be applied to the picture, thus sending photos in their original quality is not possible.
The default option will always be ‘Standard quality’ for all pictures, therefore, users have to select the HD option every time they want to send a photo with better quality.
When you send a photo by choosing the “high quality” possibility, it’s marked as a high-quality photograph so a brand new tag is routinely added to the message bubble. This data additionally helps the recipient perceive when a photograph is shipped by utilizing this characteristic.
It is worth noting that this feature is limited to images shared within your conversations. This means there is no way to send a video with better quality without sending it as a document, and this feature is not available when sharing photos by using status updates.
The ability to send HD photos is rolling out to some beta testers that install the latest version of WhatsApp beta for Android from the Google Play Store and WhatsApp beta for iOS from the TestFlight app, and it is rolling out to even more people over the coming weeks.
