Facebook Messenger Now Supports 4K Photos

Sending photos of your Thanksgiving spread to faraway loved ones who can't brand it domicile for the holidays? Facebook wants to brand sure that the high resolution images y'all send via Messenger come through in all their sharp, crisp glory.

The social network on Tuesday appear that its Messenger app at present supports photos at 4K resolution, or up to iv,096-by-4,096 pixels per paradigm. That's the "highest quality many smartphones support," Messenger Product Managers Sean Kelly and Hagen Light-green pointed out in a blog post. Previously, Messenger sent photos in lowly 2K by default.

At present your friends volition be able to zoom in on your high-resolution images and see just how juicy — or dry — the Thanksgiving turkey is this year. No pressure.

"Nosotros heard that people want to send and receive high resolution photos in Messenger — and because people send more than 17 billion photos through Messenger every calendar month — we're making your conversations richer, sharper, and better than ever," Kelly and Green wrote.

And this bump in resolution won't have yous twiddling your thumbs waiting for your images to get through. Facebook promised that photos volition exist sent merely as quickly as before, even at this higher resolution.

To send photos at 4K resolution, just exist sure to update your Messenger app to the latest version. Then, only transport a photo like normal, and the person you're messaging will receive the highest resolution.

Facebook started rolling out this feature today to both iPhone and Android for users in the U.s., Canada, France, Australia, the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Nippon, and South korea. The company plans to expand 4K photograph support to additional countries in the "coming weeks."

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'due south good on fettle and smart home products. Teaching yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength grooming machines, treadmills, and more. Angela likewise tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, simply to name a few.