iCloud Photos is uploading videos with low quality of resolution

Hi all.

I turned on the iCloud Photos and I realized that it has been uploading the videos from the iPhone with low quality of resolution (eg a video of 45MB size is uploaded witn 6MB size).

How can I ensure the same quality for the videos or photos in iCloud?

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 14

Posted on Sep 18, 2021 9:12 AM

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tygb

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Sep 18, 2021 9:36 AM in response to DPF71

See the article Use iCloud Photos on iPhone - Apple Support

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