Bluesky is developing its social network into a better place to post photos. Late Wednesday night the company… announced A new version of its app (version 1.121), which increases the quality of images in posts in terms of both upload size and resolution.
Previously, BlueSky only supported photo uploads of 1 MB or less. Now, that limit has doubled to 2MB. Additionally, photos will render at 4000px instead of 2000px as before.
Additionally, the company has replaced its old image grid with a swipeable carousel that can handle mixed aspect ratios without cropping. (Although early feedback from some BlueSky users indicates they would prefer the option between posting as a grid or carousel.)
The changes could make Bluesky’s app more competitive with other social networks like X or Meta Threads.
The latter became quite famous after its launch as a showcase for photos, thanks to its support for different aspect ratios and its carousel, which offered clever ways to break up large photos to view them that way. In fact, it even inspired one The developer will create a standalone app To help users post their captivating photos on threads. (threads still supports A larger maximum image size, although this is not published in the threads documentation.)
