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Given WhatsApp’s popularity, any outage or issue with the service can affect over a billion users worldwide. Besides catching up with friends or family, many people use the messaging service to share photos, videos, and other media files. However, a new bug in WhatsApp is preventing users from sharing videos with others on the platform. The bug only seems to affect selected WhatsApp for Android users, with iPhone owners yet to report any such issue.
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There are growing complaints on X andRedditfrom WhatsApp Android users about being unable to share videos. While trying to send a video stored locally, they get an error saying, “Can’t send this video. Choose a different video and try again.” Disabling HEVC/H.265 recording and HDR recording does not help either.
For me, this error message has been popping up since late Sunday evening on my Xiaomi 14 Ultra and thePixel 8 Prowhen sending videos stored locally or sharing videos uploaded toGoogle Photos. My wife could share the same video stored locally on her phone and through Google Photos without problems.
The bug does not appear to be widespread, though. While my colleague Chethan and I have been unable to share videos on WhatsApp since yesterday, another member of AP’s team, Chandraveer, is facing no such issues. Our friends over at9to5Googlealso report being unable to share videos over WhatsApp over the last 24 hours.
Bug affects both WhatsApp’s stable and beta releases
The problem seems to affect both WhatsApp’s latest stable and beta builds for Android, with user complaints suggesting WhatsApp Business is unaffected. It also appears limited to videos, as affected users can share photos and other media files without issues.
It seems a bug in the latest WhatsApp build is behind the problem. You will get the same error when trying to share a video with yourself on the platform, with videos recorded directly through WhatsApp also affected.
If this WhatsApp bug is affecting your workflow, you may try downgrading to an older version of the app. Grab the APK of an older build fromAPKMirrorand sideload it manually. If not, you’ll need to wait until Meta rolls out a fix, which should happen soon given WhatsApp’s popularity.
UPDATE: 2025-07-03 14:11 EST BY DALLAS THOMAS
This issue has been fixed
As spotted by Android Police founderArtem Russakovskiiand confirmed byWABetaInfo, WhatsApp has now fixed the video sharing bug that was affecting beta users, as ofversion 2.24.10.3.
