{"id":187014,"date":"2022-03-28T13:43:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=187014"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:51:29","slug":"whatsapp-support-file-sizes-2gb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-support-file-sizes-2gb\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp will soon support file sizes of up to 2GB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Popular chat app WhatsApp<\/a> is planning on expanding its media-sharing file size limit to 2GB<\/strong> on WhatsApp for Android<\/a> and WhatsApp for iOS<\/a>. This follows the latest update on the iOS version\u2019s support for iOS 15 and they\u2019re currently rolling out a test for this new feature in Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While WhatsApp is constantly improving its existing features, it still has some ways to go before it can fully catch up to its competitors. It finally released the message reaction feature in WhatsApp for Android<\/a> to some beta testers and this time, it\u2019s working on file sizes for sharing media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the file size limit for uploading and sharing on WhatsApp is 100MB<\/strong>. This typically lets you send images and short videos with compressed quality. Anything larger than that, however, gets the classic pop-up that says your file\u2019s size exceeds the limit. The new feature in development aims to expand that up to 2GB<\/strong> for more options in sending media to contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the screenshot displays, the beta test now shows the file size limit reminder to be 2GB. However, this test is only limited to Argentina<\/strong> and to a certain number of users. There\u2019s also no news yet on whether WhatsApp will be letting other countries join the beta test. Fortunately, it works on both Android and iOS versions of WhatsApp Beta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The upgrade to the limit is a very welcome one for WhatsApp since it encourages users to share more media that\u2019s longer and of higher quality than usual. While this test they\u2019re rolling out doesn\u2019t seem promising just yet, it\u2019s still a step in the right direction for the app\u2014especially when all platform versions can now sync for one account with the latest WhatsApp multi-device feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image credit: WABetaInfo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Popular chat app WhatsApp is planning on expanding its media-sharing file size limit to 2GB on WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp for iOS. This follows the latest update on the iOS version\u2019s support for iOS 15 and they\u2019re currently rolling out a test for this new feature in Argentina. While WhatsApp is constantly improving its … Continue reading “WhatsApp will soon support file sizes of up to 2GB”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9229,"featured_media":187016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-187014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t