Instagram Now Allow Sending High Quality Photos in DMs: Here’s How It Works!

Key Takeaways: 

• Instagram’s new feature is allowing you to send HD photos in Direct Messages by simply one tap.
• Just select your photos and Tap on the HD icon located on the top right corner above the pictures to send in the DMs.
• If the HD option is not available, you can simply update Instagram App or clear the cache-cookies of your device.

Instagram now allows you to send High Quality photos in DMs by just one tap. It was previously working only on the features to post high resolution photos before this update. This update will provide you an ability to send photos to your loved ones in HD quality as well.

How to send HD Photos in DMs?

Instagram has made this feature very simple. You just need to tap once to send high quality photos in direct messages. You can use this feature by following below steps:

1. Open your Instagram account.
2. Navigate to your Direct Message section by swiping left.
3. Select any of your chat conversations.
4. Click on the ‘Image’ icon to choose pictures from the Gallery in your device.
5. Select your favourite photos.
6. There an ‘HD’ icon will appear, located on the upper right corner above the pictures.
7. Now Tap on the ‘HD’ option before sending your selected photos.
8. Click on ‘Send’.
9. That’s it. Your photos will automatically convert into HD quality.

The process is very easy to send HD photos in a single tap. However, the HD option is not showing in your direct messages, refer to the below reason and solution on it.

‘HD’ icon Unavailable in your DMs? Here’s the Solution:

Instagram has released this feature globally, but some people may still face issues with ‘HD’ icon unavailability. It may happen sometimes due to the following reasons:

1. Instagram sometimes releases updates in stages per region, and users can access the feature once it arrives in their region. So it may not be instantly available for you.
2. Instagram may also release this update in some specific region for testing purposes and before releasing worldwide.
3. Your Instagram App is not updated yet to use this latest feature.

In case this feature is available in your region and everyone is using it except you. You can still follow the below tricks to resolve it on your device:

• Update your Instagram App to the latest version from PlayStore.
• Log out of your Instagram account, Clear the Cache and Cookies of your device before login back to your account.
• Completely Uninstall Instagram App and reinstall it from the trusted Google PlayStore.

These tricks will help you to avail this HD photo sending feature on your phone.

Instagram’s HD Photo feature could be a massive initiative to enhance the user interface more efficiently. It not only provides more user engagement but will also attract new users to this social media platform.