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sinango

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Aug 7, 2023
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I sent my grandma a bunch of awesome photos from my iPhone in the document, and she was all excited to see them. But she can't open them on her Android device. I told her multiple times to switch to iphone but she is very presistent.It is very frustrating.
The HEIC pictures that iPhones use. They're good because they save space and keep the pictures looking nice, but they don't work well on Android phones .I'm not really good with tech stuff so I need your suggestions to help my grandma. My sister suggested me to use converters as heictojpg and cloud converter converters are good but I want something simpler.
 
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Install Google Photos - which allows to watch any HEIC/HEIF - on your Grandma’s Android phone. If she wants to edit HEIC images install Google Snapseed.
 
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Another possibility is to select the photos you want to send in Preview, File > Export, then choose jpeg of an appropriate size. You could probably write a Shortcut to do this too (if one doesn't already exist).
 
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Install Google Photos - which allows to watch any HEIC/HEIF - on your Grandma’s Android phone. If she wants to edit HEIC images install Google Snapseed.
Is Snapseed and photos will be enough or do I need to use something else like some converters?
 
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