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WhatsApp will soon let you share images in best quality
June 09, 2025
Sharing images onmessaging appsalmost always means sacrificing quality. Unless you share that image as a file, the recipient runs the risk of losing pixels. Finally addressing this issue,WhatsAppcould soon introduce a feature that will let users decide if the app should compress images or send them at maximum quality.
PerWABetaInfo, WhatsApp is adding photo upload quality settings to a future beta version on Android. The feature will let users choose to send images in Best Quality or Data Saver modes. The latter will guarantee compression to save data on mobile plans or reduce sending time on slower networks. However, Best Quality will ensure that the images sent retain all of their data.
It’s a small but welcome addition to the chat app. Currently, if users don’t want their images compressed, they’re required to send them as documents. With the Best Quality option, users can cut out this step. On this mode, all photos — even when sent from WhatsApp’s Gallery menu — will be sent uncompressed.
It remains unclear if users can toggle between these settings on a per-image basis. WhatsApp doesn’t quite explain what the “Auto (recommended)” option does in great detail, either.
WABetaInfonotes that this feature is in development and will appear in a future beta build. WhatsApp’s also working onsimilar settingsfor video, so expect the two to debut simultaneously.
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