Shared Albums are more useful in iOS 27 thanks to support for sharing photos and videos at full resolution, helping preserve the quality of the original files.
The change makes Shared Albums a better option when you want friends or family to receive high-quality copies rather than relying on reduced-resolution versions of your pictures.
You can create a Shared Album from the Photos app and invite other people to view and contribute to it, with iOS 27 expanding the controls available to album owners.
How to share full-resolution photos using a Shared Album in iOS 27
- Open the Photos app.
- Select the photos or videos you want to share.
- Tap the Share button.
- Choose the option to add the items to a Shared Album.
- Select an existing Shared Album or create a new one.
- Invite the people you want to share the album with.
- Use the Shared Album options to ensure the album uses the available full-resolution sharing controls.
Full-resolution files naturally contain more data than reduced-quality versions, so uploading and downloading large collections may take longer depending on the connection being used.