It seems that WhatsApp is testing an option to allow sending files of up to 2 GB , an important novelty that is already beginning to be available in a specific region and it will be necessary to see if this functionality can be expanded to other countries.
Right now the limit is 100 MB , so if you want to send a file as an attachment through a WhatsApp conversation, you will find yourself with that limitation, which will mean that you cannot send the file to the recipient, forcing you to use alternatives .
One option is Telegram or uploading the file to services such as WeTransfer or its different alternatives and then passing it the link to download it, but it involves taking extra steps for a possibility that WhatsApp should include and that, however, it does not offer today.
Available in Argentina
The curious thing about this novelty is that WhatsApp has only launched it for Argentina, so only Argentine citizens can send files of up to 2 GB through the application to any of their contacts, an option that is not available to anyone else.
It is a novelty in tests that will probably disappear over time or remain, that will be a WhatsApp decision and depending on whether the new functionality is widely used or not, although they will probably maintain it over time.
It is a very attractive option because it would allow all users to send larger files that until now they could not and for those who had to resort to other types of tools, so WhatsApp eliminates that restriction once and for all.
Now, sending a large file means that the wait to send it is longer and it is also convenient to be connected to a WiFi network so that the process goes faster since if you have a data rate it will take much longer to send .
Sending files up to 2 GB in size by WhatsApp will be limited only to files, photos and videos are left out, but it is expected that this limit will be available for those files soon, now the question is to know when the app will launch this novelty for other countries.
Via: The Nation
