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Upload High-Resolution 4K Photos on Twitter Mobile App
Previously, Twitter allowed a maximum image upload quality of 2K or 2048×2048 pixels on its mobile app. However, it is now rolling out a server-side update enabling higher quality uploads at 4K or 4096×4096 resolution, which has been the limit for uploading from the Twitter web. As noted, it’s not enabled by default, and you need to make some changes to your Twitter app settings. Below is how you can enable high-resolution 4K photo uploads on the Twitter mobile app for Android and iOS.
On Android
On iOS
Are Images Uploaded in their Original Quality?
To test things out, I tried uploading a 4000 x 6000 sample photo twice from the Android app with and without 4K quality enabled. In normal mode, Twitter compressed the image to 1365 x 2048 resolution (∼2K). However, when high-quality uploads were enabled, it still compressed the image but maintained a higher resolution of 2731 x 4096 pixels (∼4K). The image had way more details, as expected. Sample Photo Courtesy: Brigitte Baranyi on Unsplash
No Option to Upload 4K Photos on Twitter?
The feature is currently in the testing phase and can only be enabled through a server-side update from Twitter. So, if you don’t see the option yet, wait for some time for it to roll it out for you. Also, update your Twitter app to the latest version if you haven’t already through the links given below. Update Twitter– Android, iOS
Another New Feature: Full Image Previews
Besides offering the option to upload 4K images, Twitter is also changing the way you see images on your timeline. Till now, you used to see a flat landscape preview regardless of what the actual image orientation was. Twitter applied machine learning algorithms to generate a preview image focusing on the subject. However, it will now simply start showing the full image in the preview. We don’t know if there’s a limit on how tall the images appear on the timeline. But there must definitely be one, similar to Facebook. The feature is currently in the testing phase and isn’t yet available on my device.
Wrapping Up
This was all about how you can upload high-quality 4K photos on the Twitter app for Android and iPhone. Do try and let me know if the feature is available for you. Unfortunately, video uploads are still lagging on Twitter due to capped resolution and compression. We hope that it will allow higher-quality video uploads in the future.
