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Photos shared in WhatsApp may soon be kept in their original quality, according to a recent beta version of the Android app.
Although users can currently select a “Best” quality image download in the main WhatApp settings (alongside data saver and auto), these images are still compressed.
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WABetaInfo spotted a new Settings icon next to the image editing tools that appear when users are preparing to share an image. Behind this cog will be a Photo Quality menu which will include “Original”. This could be really handy if you’re sending an image to someone who plans to use it for more than just looking in the app.
Preserving the original quality means preserving all those pixels and data attached to the photo, which could allow users more flexibility when editing the photo. This might be an easier solution than using an app like Dropbox to share the photos in their original quality.
It seems unlikely that the option will also be applied to video sharing, as images captured by modern smartphones can quickly reach gigabytes rather than the few megabytes for photos.
WABetaInfo says the option was only spotted in beta 2.23.2.11 and it may take some time before it rolls out to the Android app. It has not yet appeared in the iOS version of the beta, according to the report.
New features keep coming for WhatsApp. This week, the company launched the ability to send you a message, while also starting to test the ability to use a voice recording as a status update.
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