Apple Brings Full-Resolution iCloud Shared Albums to Android and Windows

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced an update to iCloud Shared Albums to allow friends and family on Android and Windows to join and contribute photos more conveniently, with support for full-resolution images.

The improvement for Android and Windows users removes a notable friction point for mixed-device groups, enabling users outside the Apple ecosystem to participate in shared albums via iCloud.com more easily, as well as add photos at full-resolution with no compression for the first time.

Apple has also introduced new ways to filter and react to photos in shared albums, along with updated tools for inviting others to contribute.

Article Link: Apple Brings Full-Resolution iCloud Shared Albums to Android and Windows

 

[Astuces iOS]

Damn I thought android and windows were creeps dirty users to never do anything with them… and now Apple seems to collaborate with google, android and everything…

Is iOS going to become android 2.0?

 

[2low_tech]

Good move,. This will come in handy on the next family trip

 

[zakarhino]

Do you understand how long I've been waiting for this... This is why I've been texting photos in addition to sharing them on the shared album. Great addition.

 

[applefan8254]

Nice. Can we still get an option to change the default photo manager / photo picker app in iOS? Thank you.

 

[OnePieceIsReal]

It still limits to 15 min length videos only cant even add a 50mb old video thats 480p because its over 40min

 

[mrapplecored]

Finally!!

 

[Jensend]

Nice. I've been very frustrated by the lack of a full resolution option. And I'm glad that they added sharing with Android as well.
I hope Apple also made some improvements to how fast synced photos show up on other devices, and perhaps even better storage management, only downloading hi-res versions if the user has enough space, and deleting local high-res copies if they are running low on space (it's supposed to do that now, but I've found that feature to be very unreliable.

 

[crococarbs]

Good news, but is this just using the web interface/via browser? Then I assume this is true for Linux too 🤞?

 

[LegendaryTechnician]

Damn I thought android and windows were creeps dirty users to never do anything with them… and now Apple seems to collaborate with google, android and everything…

Is iOS going to become android 2.0?

The whole fanboy act is kind of tiring.

 

[Phineasgage1848]

Does anyone know if photos currently in shared albums convert to full res or is it only new uploads after iOS 27?

 

[svish]

Nice change. Should have been available a long time ago.

 

[satchmo]

I'm just happy to hear they're making it faster.

Sometimes it seems like an eternity for photos taken to appear on iCloud.

 

[tong_si_nan_pei]

I thought photos and videos were never full resolution in shared albums, even on Apple devices?

 

[Ricebucket]

I thought photos and videos were never full resolution in shared albums, even on Apple devices?

i think the writer did not know this, and combined two news items into one.

it was actually two separate announcements:
1) full resolution photos on shared albums
2) support for windows and android

 

[jbellanca]

i think the writer did not know this, and combined two news items into one.

it was actually two separate announcements:
1) full resolution photos on shared albums
2) support for windows and android

Aaah, that clears it up, thanks! Great news.

 

[djdjdj]

Great! I want to add photos from iCloud to Apple Notes - but without them taking extra space in Notes. How do I do that? Will this update help?

Also is it possible to save voice memos to iCloud Photos?

 

[Sylvan]

Do we know when this is supposed to take effect? I have updated to the latest MacOS Tahoe 26.5.2 and Photos 11.0, but still my shared albums cap my added photos to 2K width.