Sending high-quality photos through WhatsApp can be quite tricky. Fortunately, WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that allows users to send high-definition (HD) photos.
With this new feature, users can now send HD photos with preserved dimensions and resolution, ensuring superior quality. Gone are the days of worrying about the image quality getting compromised due to compression when sending photos as documents.
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| Source: WABetaInfo |
This new feature is currently available to beta testers who have downloaded WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.23.12.13 and WhatsApp beta for iOS version 23.11.0.76.
According to screenshots shared by WABetaInfo, users who want to send HD photos need to tap the 'HD' button located at the top of the screen next to the crop button. WABetaInfo states that this option will only appear if the user selects a large-sized photo.
WhatsApp provides a standard quality option as the default for any photo. This means that users must choose the HD option if they want to send photos with better quality.
Photos sent with HD quality will be marked with an 'HD' icon, allowing the message recipients to understand that the photo was sent using this new feature.
However, there are a few things to consider. WABetaInfo mentions that this feature is not designed to send photos with the original quality. While it can maintain the photo's dimensions, WhatsApp still applies mild compression to the image, as quoted from WABetaInfo on Thursday, June 8, 2023.
Furthermore, this feature is limited to photos shared within chats. It means that the option to send photos in HD quality is not available for statuses, and users still cannot send high-quality videos unless they are sent as documents.
The option to send photos in HD quality is currently only available to WhatsApp beta testers. It seems that this feature will be rolled out to all users in the coming weeks.