If you send images in WhatsApp, the receiver does not receive them in their original quality. Even if you send a high quality image, WhatsApp compresses it and reduces its size and quality for faster transfer. However, the Meta-owned chat messenger is currently working on the ability to send images in their original quality.
Last month, we reported that Meta was testing the ability to send high-quality images for the WhatsApp Android app. Besides that, the instant chat messenger is also working on the same feature for its desktop clients. Well-known WhatsApp blog WABetainfo spotted the feature on WhatsApp desktop, confirming that the feature is in development. He also revealed what the user interface looks like.
It’s worth pointing out that users will still be able to send images using the compression method even when the feature goes live for everyone. You should do this if you don’t have enough storage space, a slow internet connection, or both. In addition to the standard compression method, users can send images in “standard quality” or “HD quality” from WhatsApp desktop apps for Windows and Mac.
The company was first known to work on the capability in 2021. But as you know, it never reached the beta testing phase. But it suffered several delays due to some reasons. But now that we’re getting several pieces of evidence of the company’s renewed efforts to bring high-quality image support, we hope it will start the beta testing process for this feature in the coming months.
Meanwhile, if you want to send original quality images in WhatsApp, send them as documents, and that will do. Have you ever tried to send WhatsApp images in their original quality? Let us know in the “Comments” section.
Via WABetainfo