Sending video files via WhatsApp for Android, iOS and Windows

How to send video through WhatsApp

There is nothing difficult in organizing an effective process for sending video files via WhatsApp, and then you will learn various ways to implement your plan. The principles by which the problem can be solved from the title of the article are the same in different versions of the messenger, and the differences in the algorithms of actions that will have to be reproduced to achieve the result are dictated by the different client application interface designed to operate in Android, iOS and Windows environments.

In order not to return to this topic any more, keep in mind that all instructions in this article assume that the recipient of the content has been added to the sender's address book. Therefore, enter it in the «s» of WhatsApp in advance, and if you do not know how to do it, use the recommendations of the material available at the following link.

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Android

WhatsApp for Android s can use the service app's toolkit, as well as the tool provided in the mobile operating system, to stream video to their s. In some situations, it may be necessary to involve a separate third-party software.

Method 1: messaging tools

WhatsApp for Android contains interface elements that allow you to call the function of sending video content from the smartphone memory to other s. When exclusively using the client application of the information exchange system, there are several options of actions that are applied depending on the desired result.

Sending video with compression

As a result of completing the following steps, the recipient will receive a multimedia message on their messenger in the form of a preview of the video you have sent and will be able to play it through the WhatsApp client application.

1. Launch WhatsApp on your Android device and go to chat with the recipient of the content. Then click a clip image in the message text entry area.
2. In the attachment type selection menu, click "Gallery" , after which you will be presented with a list of all the directories created on the device storage and containing images and / or video files. Go to the path of the loaded video location and tap on its preview.
3. You can then edit the clip by trimming (the with the video sequence at the top), applying effects and text. Among other things, the signature accompanying the content is entered here. After completing the conversion or skipping this step, tap the button "Send" .
4. Wait while WhatsApp compresses the file and sends it to the recipient; when the procedures are completed, the status icon will appear "Sent" in the multimedia messages area Read also: Status of messages in the WhatsApp messenger

Send uncompressed as file

The following instruction allows you to transfer the video as a "file", that is, the compression of the recording will not be performed, which leads to a loss of quality. As a result of the procedure, the recipient will have to what was received from WhatsApp in the storage of their device, after which it will be possible to perform various actions with the video, including playback and editing through third-party software. Here is a limitation: the size of the file to be sent must not exceed 100 MB.

1. As in the first step of the previous instructions in this article, go to the dialog with the recipient of the video and tap the button "clip" in the text entry area of ​​the message. Then select "Document" .
2. With the help of "Explorer" open find the file you want to send to your interlocutor on WhatsApp, and click on its name or preview. Then confirm the system request by tapping "SEND" in your window.
3. Wait until the broadcast preparation is complete, and then deliver the video to the recipient.

Video transfer from device camera

Another function integrated in WhatsApp gives the the opportunity, without closing the messenger, to record a video using the device's camera and immediately transmit it to the interlocutor.

1. Open a dialog with the recipient and tap the camera-style button on the Enter text area .
2. Record a video by clicking on the circle below the photo thumbnails of the "Gallery" and holding it down until the end of the clip creation. After releasing the button "Shutter" , a screen will open where you can trim the resulting video, as well as add effects and signature to it.
3. After finishing editing, click "Send" and then wait for the recipient to receive the record.

Method 2: send to Android

In the Android operating system, many applications interact closely with each other, which can be used to send a video file through WhatsApp without opening the messenger, but in the process of viewing or editing a recording with third-party software. The following is available for execution in a number of applications capable of working in some way with the type of data considered.

The following example demonstrates sending a video from the file manager for Android - Google Files , but the main thing here is to understand the principle. Then, working on other programs ( "Gallery" , "Camera" , software for processing multimedia files, etc.), you can act effectively by analogy with the following instructions.

1. Launch an application that can access video files on your device storage and search for video sent via WhatsApp.
2. Press and hold the title or preview to highlight the transferred file, or simply by tapping the thumbnail, start playback of the recording.
3. Click the button "Send" ( "Share" ).
4. In the displayed menu of software tools capable of transferring files over the Internet, look for the icon "Whatsapp" and touch it. On the screen Send ... what display the WhatsApp address book entries, search for the recipient and tap their name. Here you can specify multiple recipients at the same time by touching their names one by one. When you are done with your selection, click the round arrow button.
5. Next, the shipment edit screen appears, already familiar with the previous instructions in this article. If you want, make changes and then touch "Send" .
6. Wait for the compression and loading of the file to complete; your interlocutors will be able to see it very soon.

Method 3: send a link to the video

Little by little, the need to store multimedia files in the memory of your mobile device is becoming a thing of the past, an increasing number of s are using cloud storage, social networks, video hosting and other similar Internet services for this. purpose.

The principle of ensuring data transmission over the Internet, described below, allows not only to circumvent WhatsApp's restriction on sending files with a volume of more than 100 MB, but also allows you to share video recordings with their interlocutors, published on the Internet for free access, without the need to resort to them. s to the device storage.

Internet resource videos

Indeed, to display any video posted on the internet to a WhatsApp , Android device owners can use the feature "Send" described earlier in the article or copy the link to a web page with content and then paste it. In the text message input area chat with the recipient and send the message.

The detailed implementation of the above steps is described in the article on sending YouTube-hosted videos through the system under consideration, but this is just an example where the method can be used.

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Cloud services

The final overview of how to send video files via WhatsApp for Android, the instruction will allow you to transfer videos of any size to your s using a 'middle man' - cloud storage. Our example uses Google Drive and the client application of this service for Android, but s of the "clouds" offered by other companies, using the algorithm below, can achieve a result similar to the one shown below.

1. the video to cloud storage, if you haven't done it before.Read more: How to use Google Drive
2. to the cloud with your client application and open the directory containing the video streamed via WhatsApp. Call up the options menu applicable to the file by touching the three dots located vertically next to its name. Activate «Access by link» .
3. Now call the object menu again and click «Copy link» in the .
4. Go to WhatsApp and open a chat with the recipient of the content. With a long tap on the message input area, open the action menu and tap "Insert" in the . Next, click on the button with the paper plane, after which the link will be delivered to your destination.
5. By clicking on the chat link with you, another member of the messenger will have access to the video file and can view it, as well as it to their device.

iOS

Transferring videos via WhatsApp for iOS, as in the Android environment described above, may not be the only method. Here, first of all, the toolkit built into the messaging program is used, but the functions provided in iOS and third-party software can also be used.

Method 1: messaging tools

When communicating via WhatsApp with any , it is possible to switch to sending media files to them at any time, and there are three different approaches available here.

Sending video with compression

The following instruction can be considered a standard solution to the problem of sending video via messenger. As a result of the implementation of the recommendations, when opening a chat with you, the interlocutor will find a preview of the video and will be able to watch it without closing their WhatsApp application.

1. Launch WhatsApp on iPhone and go from tab "Chats" from the application to the dialog box where you want to send the media file.
2. Click on the "+" To left of the message text input field and select «Photo / Video» in the menu that opens. Find the video among those available on the iPhone and tap on its preview.
3. On the next screen, you will be able to edit the post you are sending by cropping it, adding effects, and applying filters. Do this as you wish and also add a signature if necessary.
4. After completing the changes or skipping this step, tap the button "Send" located to the right of the signature field. Wait a moment for the loading process to complete, that is, for the status to appear "Sent" in the multimedia messages area See also: What do checkmarks mean in WhatsApp?

Uncompressed "file" sending

If another WhatsApp participant needs to transfer the video without compression and in such a way that he can the received video to any folder on his device and perform any manipulation with it, send it as follows.

The size of the file transferred by the method described below cannot exceed 100MB, and the file itself must be put into the iPhone's memory in advance.

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1. On the chat screen with the content recipient, touch the "+" next to the message entry field and touch "Document" in the attachments menu.
2. Find the video that is ing and tap on its preview. On the next screen, click "Send" top right, and then wait for the file transfer to the recipient to complete.

Transfer video from iPhone camera

Among others, VatsAp for iOS offers the possibility to share a video recorded by an iPhone camera, immediately after the sender captures a particular scene.

1. In Messenger, open the correspondence with the for whom the clip is being created. Then click on the icon "Camera" located to the right of the message text entry field.
2. To record a video, press and hold the circle-shaped interface element. Recording will stop and save to file after you stop pressing.
3. The next screen is for editing the clip and adding a signature to it. After completing or skipping these steps, click Send .
4. This is almost all: it remains to wait for your interlocutor to receive and see the multimedia message in his messenger.

Method 2: share feature on iOS

The WhatsApp member does not need to start the client application to start sending the media file. The iPhone operating system provides a function "Share" which can be used to solve our problem by working on various programs that can interact with video files.

To demonstrate how the method works, we will consider it using two examples: the program Picture pre-installed on iOS and one of the file managers for this environment: Readlle Documents . By reading the following two instructions, you will understand the principle behind the content submission algorithm and then you can apply it in different situations.

Photo application

One of the advantages of the technique discussed below is that by using it, you can send multiple media files at the same time to a different recipient address.

1. Launch Apple's proprietary media viewer and navigate to the album that contains the video you plan to send via WhatsApp.
2. Touch "To select" in the upper right corner of the screen and tap the preview video or check multiple. When you are done with your selection, click el button Share in the lower left corner of the screen.
3. As a result of completing the previous steps in the instruction, a menu of actions applicable to the selected files will open. Here you need to scroll through the list of funds available to send on the left, look for the icon of "Whatsapp" and touch it.If there is no messaging icon in the menu, it should be activated. To do this, tap "More" and flip the switch next to the item "Whatsapp" in the displayed list to position "Habilitado" , and then touch "Clever" .
4. After selecting WhatsApp from the menu described in the previous step of the instruction, the service client program will start automatically and display the list «s» . Check the box next to the name of the video recipient. Here you can select multiple s, and then they will all receive a copy of your message at the same time. When you have finished selecting recipients, touch Next at the bottom of the screen on the right.
5. If you want, edit the post and add a signature to it, and then click the round button "Send" .
6. After a while, the videos marked during the execution of step # 2 of this instruction will be delivered via WhatsApp to the recipients selected in step # 4.

File Manager

If you use one of the "File explorers" from third parties for iOS to work with files, you will probably find the following instruction convenient and effective.

1. Launch the file manager on your iPhone and use it to open the folder containing the videos you want or need to share via WhatsApp.
2. Tap the three dots next to the video title and tap the icon "Share" in the menu that opens. If you want to send multiple media files via messenger at the same time, you need to act a little differently. Click on "Change" at the top of the screen, then tell the app all the files you'll send by checking the checkboxes displayed to the right of their names. To go to the Messenger procedure, click "More" on the bottom and then tap the icon "Share" in the area that appears on the screen.
3. Then proceed in the same way as in paragraphs 3-6 of the previous instructions in this article.

Method 3: send a link to the video

Today, there are no special advantages of using the memory of your mobile device to store video content, because there are cloud storages for files, and the videos created by other s that arouse interest and the desire to share with friends are published very often on the Internet (for example, on social media or streaming services).

To 'transfer' an online video available via WhatsApp, you simply need to provide your interlocutor with a link. The author of an article has already demonstrated this approach, describing how to share a video posted to YouTube on Messenger.

Read more: Sending YouTube videos through WhatsApp Messenger

If you use any cloud storage and its client application for the iPhone (the Dropbox service is used in the example below), then using the following instructions, or rather, the algorithm of actions that it describes, you can create and transmit very quickly a link to the video via WhatsApp and the recipient, to view and your video on their device. By the way, the method is the only solution to the problem of sending files through the messenger, the volume of which exceeds 100 MB.

1. By any available method, the video recording intended to transfer your interlocutor on WhatsApp to the «cloud». Read more: How to use Dropbox cloud storage
2. Navigate through the Dropbox client application to the directory that contains your ed content.
3. Touch the button that opens the menu of actions applicable to the file - "..." , and then click «Copy link» .
4. A list of media to send data to another will then automatically open, where you need to tap on the icon "Whatsapp" . Now select the recipient (s) in the «s» of the started messenger and click "Following" .
5. Remains to be touched "Send" on the next screen and the result will not take long to arrive: the link to the video will be displayed on the recipient's WhatsApp, and they will be able to follow it to perform various manipulations on the file.

Windows

Transferring videos via WhatsApp to PC is no more difficult than using the above mobile messaging options. The only limitation here is the volume of the media file sent to the interlocutor: no more than 100MB, but this hurdle can be overcome if you use the third method to solve our problem from those proposed below.

Method 1: messaging tools

The shortest way to transfer content from a computer disk via WhatsApp involves using the toolkit built into the Windows version of the messenger designed to create attachments to messages.

1. Start the client program of the information exchange system in question on the PC and go to chat with the recipient of the video.
2. Click on the paperclip button to the right of the caller's name above the matching area.
3. Next, a menu of attachments will be displayed above the message window area, where you must click on one of the two buttons, depending on the desired effect:
4. If, as a result of the operation, you and your interlocutor are only satisfied with seeing the shipment in the messenger, click on the first icon "Photo and video" From the top, then in the browser window that opens, navigate to the path to the location of the video file, select it, and click "Open" .In the preview window, add a title if you like, and then click the round button "Send" .Overtime. You will see the status "Sent" in the preview area of ​​the post.

   If you need to ensure not only the viewing of the video by your interlocutor in the messenger, but also the possibility of further manipulations with the recording on your part, select the button "Document" in the send menu Point the application to the file to be transferred in the window "Explorer" .Then click "Send"and wait for the data to load from your pc to the information exchange system, and then deliver a copy to the recipient.

Method 2: Windows Explorer

It is possible to attach any file to a message sent through WhatsApp using the technology "Drag and drop" , which can be convenient if you need to quickly transfer multiple videos or if you often solve the problem in question.

1. In WhatsApp for PC, go to the chat with the recipient of the multimedia file and, in Windows Explorer, open the folder that contains the shipment.
2. Use the mouse to drag the file from the file window. Explorer to the correspondence area with the recipient of the multimedia message.
3. After releasing the mouse button, you can view the streamed video and add a signature to it. To proceed to send the media file, click on the round button with a paper plane.
4. Wait for the data transfer to finish, monitor the status of the message.

See also: How to know if a message has been delivered to the interlocutor on WhatsApp

Method 3: link to video

The only way to overcome the limitation of the volume of files sent via WhatsApp is to include a "middle man" in the process in the form of any cloud service. Let's consider the procedure for sending a video that occupies more than 100 MB on a PC disk using Yandex.Disk, but if you are using another «cloud», you can act in a similar way - the principles by which data stores of this type the work practically does not differ.

1. With any browser on your computer or cloud service client application, a media file to storage to transfer via WhatsApp Read more: How to a video to Yandex.Disk
2. Right-click on the video preview while on the Yandex.Disk website and in the directory where it is contained.
3. In the menu, click "Share" , and then immediately - «Copy link» .
4. Go to the WhatsApp application. Then, having ed to the chat with the recipient of the video, right-click in the area «Enter message» . In the context menu that opens, select "Paste" .
5. Then click the button that starts sending the message.
6. As a result, another participant in the messenger will almost instantly receive a link to your video, which means they can browse through it and view the recording or it to their device.

If you need to demonstrate to another WatsUp content that is freely available on any Internet resource, simply copy the link to the web page that demonstrates it and then paste the address into the message sent to the interlocutor.