PCWorldĪn example of the more secure sharing process, as seen in Dropbox. You can preserve your privacy by instead uploading your files to a cloud storage service (like Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive) and emailing a link that restricts viewing to that specific audience. However, by default, these links are viewable to everybody-so if your video gets passed on to others without your knowledge, they can watch, too. In both cases, the file gets put on to a server, and then the app provides a shareable link. Samsung’s gallery app uses temporary storage, while Google Photos requires that you still have free space attached to your account. Alternative (secure) methodĪs mentioned above, sharing videos in this fashion relies on cloud storage. These screenshots show the process for sharing a video through the default photo gallery app through Google’s Photos app. Free accounts have 15GB of space shared across all services, which includes Gmail, Drive, and Photos you can work around this limitation by changing Google Photo’s backup settings to “High Quality,” which offers unlimited storage but caps video resolution at 1080p.) PCWorld (Note: Sharing videos through Google Photos can eat into your storage allotment for your Google account depending on your settings.
Having trouble getting these steps to work in your phone’s default gallery app? Google Photos is available to everyone to download in the Google Play Store-so you can use this app specifically for sharing video files. If you create a link, it’ll get copied to your phone’s clipboard, and now you can manually navigate to the app(s) you want to paste it into.If you choose to share directly to an app, select the app from the options shown in the menu-typically it will be a chat or email app.The former saves a little time if you have only one recipient, while the latter is more helpful if want to paste the URL in several chat windows and/or apps. You can choose to share a link directly to an app, or to copy the link.(It looks like the letter “V” with dots, rotated clockwise to the right.) In other apps, you’ll need to find the Share icon and tap on it. In some apps, a text menu will pop up choose Share. Some apps also let you do a search for the word “video,” which will filter and show only that specific file type. The simplest way to do this is to scroll through your mix of photos and videos. Other phone manufacturers will follow similar naming.
Samsung users should look for “Gallery” and stock Android users should look for “Photos” (aka Google Photos). These screenshots show the process for sharing a video through the default photo gallery app on a Samsung Galaxy phone.
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