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How To Send High-Quality Images And Videos From Android To iPhone
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The age of sharing grainy, low-res photos is long behind them.
Key facts
- This came down to the different messaging systems, with Apple using Short Message Service (SMS) texting and Android using Rich Communication Services (RCS)
- Fortunately, iOS 18 has RCS turned on by default, and you can easily check if it's enabled if you want to be sure
- Users with the Google Photos app, when sharing an image, can select "Send in Google Photos" and share with another user of the app
- Here, simply make sure your media is set to "HD+ Original Quality" rather than "HD Optimized for Chat" to avoid compression and maintain the original file's quality
Summary
Having friends or family with different phone brands than your own can lead to all manner of everyday nuisances, from attempts to help navigate unfamiliar settings to coming up short when you need a compatible charger. For the longest time, sending a. Naturally, if you're an iPhone user and you want to preserve image quality across the board, you'll want to make sure RCS is enabled. Of course, there's more that can be done to guarantee quality.