Users now have the option to select ‘HD’ before sending a photo or video file on the platform. by Monica Chin. Sep 6, 2023, 9:29 PM UTC. Illustration: The Verge. Monica ...

HD photo support was actually first seen in beta versions for iOS and Android. WABetaInfo even captured screenshots of the feature, which appeared in version 23.11.0.76 for iOS and 2.23.12.13 for ...

In the example shown by WABetaInfo, the “photo quality” menu appears after tapping the HD icon. It gives two resolution options: standard quality (1600 x 1052) and HD quality (4096 x 2692).

WhatsApp’s new HD images will roll out to both Android and iOS users over the coming weeks and will allow them to fine-tune image sending based on a variety of factors, like internet speed and ...

As for the new HD photo-sharing capability, users can now toggle an “HD” option after selecting an image from the chat composer. You can tap on additional photos to send multiple in HD.

The format, HD Photo — recently renamed from Windows Media Photo — is taking aim at the JPEG format, a 15-year old technology still widely used in digital cameras and image applications.