Bluesky now supports better-quality photos

Source: TechCrunch

In Brief

Posted: 9:41 AM PDT · April 23, 2026

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Bluesky is beefing up its social network as a better place to post photos. Late Wednesday, the company announced a new version of its app (version 1.121), which boosts the quality of images in posts both in terms of upload size and resolution.

• The previous upload limit of 1 MB has been doubled to 2 MB.
• Photos now render at up to 4000 px, compared with the former 2000 px limit.

The platform also replaced its old image grid with a swipeable carousel that can handle mixed aspect ratios without cropping. Early feedback suggests some users would like the option to choose between a grid or carousel layout.

These changes could make Bluesky’s app more competitive with other social networks such as X or Meta’s Threads. Threads gained notoriety after its launch as a photo‑focused platform, supporting a variety of aspect ratios and a carousel that intelligently splits larger images. It even inspired a developer to create a standalone app for posting panoramic photos to Threads. Threads still supports a larger maximum image size, though this isn’t documented in its official guidelines.