Upload and share
your latest photographs with friends and family straight from your smartphone
Android phones have been designed by Google
to be multimedia powerhouses. They are capturing quality photographs and recording
sounds. But getting your latest homemade media off your smartphone and on to
the internet needn’t involve plugging your phone into a computer – in fact, you
can upload and send files straight from the phone itself.
Share
Photos From Your Android Phone
It’s a very easy process, too, and once you
know your way around the gallery app, you’ll be able to share your memories
with anyone in the world. Bear in mind that sending large files is likely to
have a significant impact on the amount of your data allowance you use, and to
avoid additional costs, you should connect your smartphone to the internet via
Wi-Fi possible.
Share your media
1.
Gallery location
Your Android device comes with a built-in
gallery for viewing photos and other media on the phone. You can usually find
it under ‘All programs’ and ‘Gallery’, or you can get to it quickly and easily
by opening your camera application and hitting the ‘Gallery’ icon, which you’ll
usually find in the bottom-right.
2.
Browse away
Gallery applications open on the most
recent shot taken by the camera, and a swipe to the left shows older photos.
You can gat a thumbnail view of all the photos in the album by pressing ‘Back’,
and if you’ve got multiple albums, you can see them all by pressing the ‘Back’
key again.
3.
Sharing options
Pressing and long-holding on any photo
brings up the option to share it, but the choices vary depending on the apps
you’ve got installed. Bluetooth, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and email
are always available, though. If you have Flickr or Picasa apps installed,
these are also displayed here.
4.
Sending an MMS
Multimedia messages can contain photos and
short videos, and appear on the recipient’s phone in the same manner as a text
message. To send one, choose ‘MMS’ from the Share menu, and enter the
recipient’s phone number at the top. Add text if you want to, and click ‘Send
MMS’ when you’re ready.
5.
Email your images
Emailing pictures is a great way to share
photos, and the file size limits are far bigger than for MMS. Click ‘email’ or
‘Gmail’ under the Share menu, and a new email is created with the file already
attached. Add your recipient’s email address, and a subject and body text, and
click ‘Send’ when it’s complete.
6.
YouTube your videos
Videos are often too big to email or MMS.
Luckily, the YouTube app enables you to upload from your phone. Find the video,
choose ‘Share’, then select ‘YouTube’. You can set a title, and under ‘More
details’ you can add a description. Choose ‘Unlisted’ to share a link only with
people you want to see it. When ready, click ‘Upload’.
7.
Share multiple items
Long-pressing on a photo in thumbnail view
brings up a tick box, and you can tap them to choose more than one. Once you’ve
selected the items you want to send, click ‘Share’ again to send them all at
once. Be warned that MMS has stringent limits on how many items can be sent at
once, though.
8.
Share your best shots
You now understand how to share all the
photos and videos on your phone via a number of services. Remember that you can
use other services – such as Facebook and Dropbox – to upload your memories,
too, and that once something’s uploaded, you can share it simply by copying the
web address into emails.
