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Bluesky is beefing up its social network as a better place to post photos. Late Wednesday, the company announced<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Before, Bluesky only supported photo uploads of 1MB or less. Now, that limit has doubled to 2MB. In addition, photos will render at up to 4000px, instead of 2000x, as before.<\/p>\n In addition, the company replaced its old image grid with a swipeable carousel that can handle mixed aspect ratios without cropping. (Although early feedback from some Bluesky users indicates that they would prefer the choice between posting as a grid or carousel.)<\/p>\n The changes could make Bluesky\u2019s app more competitive with other social networks, like X or Meta\u2019s Threads. <\/p>\n The latter became well known after its launch as a showcase for photos, thanks to its support for a variety of aspect ratios and its carousel, which offered clever ways to split up larger photos for viewing in this way. In fact, it even inspired a developer to create a standalone app<\/a> to help users post their panoramic photos to Threads. (Threads still supports<\/a> a larger maximum image size, though it isn\u2019t published in Threads\u2019 documentation.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n