Twitter Finally Fixes The Problem With Low-resolution Pictures

Twitter finally fixed its low-resolution picture problem, yesterday April 21th 2021. 

The company’s Web App is already in support of higher-resolution images (at up to 4096 x 4096 resolution). The update was made to the mobile apps which used to have a maximum resolution of 2048 x 2048. 

Earlier this year, Twitter started testing the 4K image upload option for mobile apps. The tests seem to have been successful, as the company is now rolling out the feature to all users starting today. 

To enable the option for high-resolution Pictures, follow these quick settings. 

Step 1: Go to “Settings” in your Twitter app.

Step 2: Look for the option: “Data Usage”. 

Step 3: Enable both “high-quality images” (for viewing 4K images) and “high-quality image uploads” (for tweeting them).

You can select whether you’d like the higher-resolution images to be enabled for both cellular and Wi-Fi, just Wi-Fi, or disabled entirely — similar options to how Twitter handles higher resolution or auto-playing video. 

This news about Twitter increasing its image resolution came in just after 30 days in which the company announced that it was changing the way users could share media on the platform. This includes testing how pictures appear when composing a tweet and how these will appear on the timeline. This suggests that Twitter was trying to fix the problematic crop feature it employs when users try to post photos. The algorithm usually crops the picture to within an inch of its life, erasing vital context and forcing them to delete seconds after the tweet was shared.