Facebook Messenger gets new features: HD photos, shared albums, and more

Messenger new features

Meta-owned Facebook Messenger has rolled out a new feature update that includes a slew of exciting new features. For starters, Messenger now allows you to send high-definition photos, similar to the feature they earlier introduced on WhatsApp. The social media app also allows you to share large-sized files up to 100MB, add new connections with QR codes, and more.

Facebook Messenger's new features

Users can now share HD photos

Facebook Messenger now lets you share images and videos in HD quality. Here, HD symbolises 4K resolution for images and HD resolution (1,280 x 720 pixels) for videos. As mentioned earlier, this is exactly similar to WhatsApp file-sharing capabilities, and you can select the HD tag for the users to whom you want to send the media file. Similarly, when you receive an HD image or video on Messenger, the HD logo will be visible.

Increased file size

Messenger has also increased its file-sharing size limit to 100MB, allowing you to send larger files without relying on external sources. The new update has also included the availability of the most popular file formats, which include Word, PDF, Excel, and zip files. To send a file, you can tap the + icon in a chat and select your desired file up to 100MB in size.

Create shared albums

The Messenger lets you now create shared albums with all your friends on Facebook. With this new update, in any group chat window, when you select multiple images and videos, it lets you select multiple images in the chat to create a shared album. To add images and videos to any existing or created album, users need to tap the Add to Album toggle. Messenger also allows anyone in the chat window to rename or modify any media files in shared albums.

QR codes to add new connections

Messenger has also simplified the process of adding new contacts by introducing QR code integration. Instead of manually adding anyone’s name or user ID, you can now scan a QR code or share theirs with others to start a new message thread. This feature makes it easier to connect with friends or family on Facebook.

All these features have been rolled out with the latest update of the Messenger app.