While Standard quality reduces photos taken with an iPhone to 960×1280 pixels, HD quality keeps the image at its original resolution of 3024×4032 pixels. “HD photos are clearer.

WhatsApp says this choice was made to ensure that sharing photos remains fast and reliable. But now, you can opt to check HD quality instead to preserve the photo’s high-def version.

HD photos and videos come amid a number of other significant updates that seem poised to make WhatsApp more competitive in the business sphere. Meta recently released a native version of the app ...

HD photos on WhatsApp also means that the app will be taking more space, so remember to review your auto-download settings. By the way, if you don't see the HD icon on your device yet, fret not.

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).

Similar to the HD photos feature, the HD videos feature gives customers the choice to share high-def videos across WhatsApp. Previously, high-def videos would have been compressed to 480p, as per ...

If you do go for the HD quality option, WhatsApp will warn you that photos and videos will be slower to send, and can be six times larger (which can be costly if you're sending media over a mobile ...

Just weeks after adding support for HD photos, Meta's WhatsApp now lets users send videos in HD resolution. Once you've updated to the latest version of the app, if you try to send a video to ...

You can share high-quality video & photo on WhatsApp for the desktop and mobile. Learn how to send HD media on Android, iPhone or PC.

Use this loophole to send full resolution photos and videos on WhatsApp WhatsApp actually has a better solution for sending high-res content: Rather than send your videos as videos, send them as ...

For iPhone users, standard quality photos are reduced to 960×1280 pixels, while the HD option retains the original resolution of 3024×4032 pixels. Videos are usually scaled down to 480p but can ...