Facebook Officially Launches Resized Photos

Looking to upload larger photos on Facebook? It’s now possible thanks to Facebook rolling out some features first announced in January. Images have now been increased “by almost 20 percent to 720 pixels to give [users] higher quality photos”. While on the surface this isn’t a big deal, Facebook run the largest online photo storage product which means this is a relatively substantial technical feat.

While the photos being uploaded on the site will support the increased size, Facebook states that “some external applications may continue to use the previous size”.