Stop losing photo quality when you share pictures

You take a great photo , send it to someone and then hear the question nobody wants to hear: "Why does this look blurry?" That can happen because some sharing methods resize or compress photos before they reach the other person.

The image may still look fine on a phone screen, but zoom in or try to print it and the lost detail becomes easier to spot.

With iOS 27 Apple is addressing one long-standing version of that problem.

Shared Albums can now store newly added photos and videos in their original formats at full resolution.

Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones also have built-in ways to send photo files without relying on a messaging app that may shrink them along the way.

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See the classes and register at CyberGuyLive.com HOW TO SEARCH ANYTHING ON IPHONE, GALAXY AND PIXEL Before iOS 27, Apple’s Shared Albums reduced photo resolution.

Photos were generally limited to 2,048 pixels on the long edge, while videos could be delivered at resolutions up to 720p.

Starting with iOS 27, newly shared photos and videos in the upgraded Shared Albums experience are stored in iCloud in their original formats at full resolution.

That means newly shared photos can remain at their original resolution instead of being reduced to the limits used by older Shared Albums.

There is one trade-off.