How to enable high-quality images on X when photos look blurry

Images attached to posts on X can sometimes look blurry or appear at a low resolution. Depending on your settings, the X app may load compressed images to reduce data usage.

You can change the settings in the X app to load images in high quality. On desktop, X doesn't offer this setting and generally loads high-quality images by default.

How to view images in high quality on your phone

Follow these steps to load images in high quality in the X mobile app. I'll use screenshots from the Android app, but you can follow the same steps on iOS.

1. Open the X app.

2. Open Settings.

3. Go to [Storage and data] > [Data usage].

   

4. Set [High-quality images] to [Mobile data & Wi-Fi].

   

Which setting should you choose?

You can choose from three options under [High-quality images]:

• Mobile data & Wi-Fi
• Wi-Fi only
• Never

Select [Mobile data & Wi-Fi] if you want X to load images in high quality on both Wi-Fi and cellular connections. This is the best option if you care about image quality, although it will increase your mobile data usage.

Select [Wi-Fi only] if you want high-quality images when connected to Wi-Fi while reducing your mobile data usage. X will load lower-quality images over cellular connections.

Select [Never] if you want X to load images in low quality on both Wi-Fi and cellular connections. This is a good option if you want to minimize data usage, including when connected to Wi-Fi.

Conclusion

You can improve the quality of images on X by changing the high-quality image setting. If images attached to posts in your timeline look blurry, follow the steps above to adjust the setting.