Messenger now allows you to create shared albums, ship HD photographs and share bigger information

Meta introduced on Tuesday it’s rolling out the power for Messenger customers to create shared albums in chats, ship photographs in high-definition, and share bigger information as much as 100MB in measurement. With these new options, Messenger is concentrating on individuals who are likely to create shared albums or share HD pictures by way of providers like Google Drive.

Up till now, customers have solely been in a position to see a listing of photographs shared in a selected Messenger chat and couldn’t group or manage them in any manner. Now customers can create albums of photographs and movies in group chats, whether or not it’s to arrange photographs of a latest spring break or grandma’s eightieth birthday celebration. To create an album in a bunch chat, it’s good to choose a number of photographs out of your chat composer after which faucet “create album.” You may as well create an album by long-pressing a photograph in a chat. If you wish to add photographs to an current album, you possibly can faucet the “Add to album” choice.

Everybody in a chat can view, add, delete, and obtain footage and movies in an album. You may find an album by tapping the “Media” button in a chat.

The launch of shared albums is more likely to be a welcome addition for customers, as the potential isn’t obtainable on Meta’s different messaging providers, WhatsApp and Instagram DMs.

As for the brand new HD photo-sharing functionality, customers can now toggle an “HD” choice after deciding on a picture from the chat composer. You may faucet on further photographs to ship a number of in HD. The launch of the brand new function follows Meta’s rollout of help for HD photos on WhatsApp again in September 2023.

As well as, Messenger is providing an alternative choice to e-mail for sending massive information, because it’s now letting customers ship Phrase, PDF, Excel, and zip information immediately in chats. Customers can achieve this by tapping the + button in a chat after which deciding on a file on their system.

Additionally new at present is the launch of an choice for customers to attach with others by scanning a QR code, eradicating the necessity to sort out somebody’s identify or quantity to begin chatting with them on the app.

The brand new options are rolling out on cellular to all Messenger customers.