Meta announced Messenger users can now send HD images, which WhatsApp only recently introduced, by flipping an HD toggle switch in the chat composer UI before hitting Send. While Meta’s announcement does not go into great detail, selecting this option will lessen the amount of compression performed, but the images will not load in their original resolution. In an email to The Verge, Liz Sweeney, a representative of the Facebook Messenger communications team, clarified that 4K (or 4,096 x 4,096 pixels per inch) shared photos were previously more compressed, and their appearance was dependent on…