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How to send media, contacts, or location

You can send emoji, media, contacts, or location in WhatsApp messages.

Send emoji, media, contacts, or location

  1. Open a WhatsApp chat.
  2. Press +.
  3. Choose what you’d like to send, then press:
    • Emoji to select and send emoji.
    • GIF to select and send a GIF.
    • Picture to take a photo with your Camera or choose a photo from your Gallery. You can also add a caption to your photo.
    • Video to take a video with your Camera or choose a Video from your phone. You can also add a caption to your video.
    • Audio to send an existing audio file from your phone.
    • Contacts to send contacts’ information saved in your phone's address book.
    • Location to send your location or a nearby place.
  4. Press Send.

Note: The maximum file size allowed for all photos, videos, and audio files to be sent or forwarded through WhatsApp is 10 MB on phones with 512 MB and 5 MB on phones with low memory.

Save media

If you’d like to save media you receive in WhatsApp, press > Options > Settings > Chats > Show media in Gallery. Photos and videos will be saved to your phone's Gallery and Video.

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