WhatsApp will let users send ‘HD’ photos
by Umar Shakir from The Verge - All Posts on (#6DY22)
Illustration: The Verge WhatsApp is flipping a switch that will let users send higher-quality HD" images on the messaging platform. Sharing photos on WhatsApp just got an upgrade," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via his Meta broadcast channel on Instagram. Now you can send in HD."
The feature is rolling out worldwide over the next few weeks, so users with the feature can send higher-quality and higher-resolution images (likely still compressed from the original) from Android, iOS, or the web, and recipients on any platform will see a small icon that indicates it as such. According to Meta, support for HD videos is coming soon after.
Once users get the new feature, they'll see an HD" gear icon when adding an image to a message thread, as first seen in...