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About HD photos and videos
Android
iOS
Android
iOS
You can share special moments with friends and family in high definition by changing the quality settings of your photo or video. Select HD in your message media to share photos and video that enhance everyday moments or special occasions.
Note: HD media isn’t currently available for status updates or profile pictures.
Send HD media
To send HD media in a chat:
- Open an individual or group chat.
- To take a photo or video to send, tap to send. To attach an existing photo or video, tap > Gallery > select a photo or video to send.
- Tap and select Standard quality or HD quality. You can also choose to edit your media and add a caption. Note: If you share HD media using your cellular network, a Continue without WiFi? might appear. Tap Continue if you’d like to share HD media using your cellular network.
- Tap.
To set HD quality as the default:
- Open WhatsApp Settings > Storage and data > Media upload quality.
- Select HD quality.
Note:
- You can still send individual items in standard quality by tapping and selecting Standard quality each time you send media.
- Sending HD media might be faster when using WiFi instead of your cellular network.
- You can’t upgrade the quality of an existing photo you’ve sent, but you can send it again in HD quality.
- The internet connection will impact the quality of media being sent and received, even if the media is sent in HD quality.
- How to configure auto-download
- How to edit photos and videos
- Can’t send longer videos