WhatsApp New Feature Set Photo Video Uploads to HD Quality Permanently All Details

WhatsApp for Android is reportedly getting a new feature that will make the process of sending high-quality photos and videos easier. The new feature will add a settings option that will allow users to choose whether they want to send media in HD or standard quality. Once selected, the app will send all future media uploads in that quality. Apart from this, WhatsApp recently started allowing users to pin up to three messages in individual and group chats.

WhatsApp’s new media feature can be accessed via WhatsApp update tracker WABetaInfo The feature was spotted in WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.7.17 build by . The beta version for Android was released to testers via the Google Play Beta program on Monday. The new update reportedly brings the ability for users to set the upload quality of photos and videos directly through the settings, eliminating the need to repeat the process every time with a new media upload.

In the screenshot shared in the report Storage and data a new one within the menu Settings The option can be seen. The name of this new setting option is Media upload quality and it is allegedly Standard Quality And HD quality There are two options. Once the user chooses any of these options, future uploads will be in the same quality.

The messaging platform introduced the HD photo sharing feature in August 2023 and also added support for high-resolution videos soon after. But currently, users have to manually choose the quality every time they send a photo or video. The option to repeatedly choose the quality was helpful for those who generally prefer to send files in standard quality and only occasionally share HD photos and videos. However, for those who want to stick to one option, the new feature will prove to be useful.