
Keeping auto-download off ensures better storage management. This is another setting worth checking out, especially if your WhatsApp account has too many images, videos and PDFs coming in daily. Tap on it, and then choose from the options mentioned according to preference. On iOS, go to Settings>Storage and Data> Media Upload Quality. On Android, it says Photo upload quality in the Settings. You will see an option for Media Quality upload. On Android, you can access Settings by tapping the three dot menu on the top, next to the magnifying glass symbol. To change the quality of these videos and photos, click on Settings on the Android app and iOS. If you have less data or a weak network, you can use Data Saver to send photos and videos. There’s also Data Saver, which will compress it further. Users can change Media Upload quality in the settings. If you are using WiFi and wish to forward the best quality in video and photos, then you can change the settings to ‘Best quality’. Under this option, photos and videos sent are typically larger in size. However, WhatsApp lets you choose ‘Best quality’ as an option as well. This means the photos and videos you send can sometime appear too grainy.



Under this setting, the photos gets compressed. The default and recommended setting is ‘Auto’. WhatsApp lets you decide quality options while sending photos and videos. Here are some tips on how to manage your phone storage. But more photos and videos also means less storage on your phone. And inevitably a lot of photos and videos are shared on these groups. Many of us are part of large groups on WhatsApp with our family, friends and colleagues. WhatsApp remains the most popular app for personal messaging for Indian users, since close to 400 million users rely on this daily.
