What new feature is WhatsApp introducing?

Users of WhatsApp have long-faced challenges with the quality of the photos and videos they share with friends and family, as images often get pixelated when shared on the app, unless users choose the HD feature before hitting send.

However, they can soon bid this issue goodbye as Meta's instant-messaging app is set to address this issue with the introduction of a new feature.

This exciting new feature will enable users to send photos with high-definition (HD) as the default quality of media, eliminating the need to manually select the HD option for each photo, according to 9to5Mac.

It offers enhanced convenience for WhatsApp users to share high-quality media seamlessly.

According to 9to5Mac, both iOS and Android users can now set HD as the default quality for sending high-resolution media on WhatsApp.

Users may find the option under the "Storage and Data" menu in WhatsApp's settings.

While Standard quality reduces photos taken with an iPhone to 960×1280 pixels, HD keeps the image at its original resolution of 3024×4032 pixels.

The images are still compressed even with the HD option turned on, but the result is much less aggressive than previously observed.

Last year, WhatsApp introduced a similar option, but for videos.

When enabled, the app sends videos in 720p resolution instead of 480p. It is worth noting that the new setting for choosing the default quality also applies to videos.