If you've been on X (formerly known as Twitter) in the last week or so you may have seen a spate of posts encouraging you to view images in a 4K resolution.

Plenty of users have shared images of nature landscapes or of people and have suggested people view the image in the Ultra High Definition (UHD) resolution.

Due to the plethora of posts mentioning this topic, many people may have assumed the feature was something new added to the site.

However, the ability to view images on X in 4K resolution has been available since at least 2021 which has caused some confusion among users as to why such a high volume of posts have mentioned this.

X users confused by 4K image posts

Back on April 21, 2021, the official X Support account posted about the ability to post and view images in 4K resolution becoming available for everyone.

They wrote: "Time to Tweet those high res pics –– the option to upload and view 4K images on Android and iOS is now available for everyone.

"To start uploading and viewing images in 4K, update your high-quality image preferences in “Data usage” settings."

Understandably, confusion has arisen among some users of X about why the plethora of 4K image posts has emerged, with some believing it was a random trend at first.

One person wrote: "Why is it a trend for accounts to post images in 4K/ announce their image is such. Most of said pics don’t benefit from it. This is nothing new?"



Another shared: "Why are people doing the load images in 4K posts now that feature has been there for years".

A third posted: "IMCRYING i thought the 4k image thing was like some random trend i didn’t realize it was an app feature".

Meanwhile, another wrote: "did everyone just discover you can load images in 4k or something? i keep seeing tweets about it… that feature has been around for like five years now…."


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Plenty were annoyed by how frequently they were seeing those sort of posts, as one person posted: "if i see another generic image of a music artist with “LOAD THIS IN 4K CLEARER THAN EYESIGHT” on my tl i am going to lie down in a dark room and disassociate".

Another shared similar sentiments writing: "i do not want to load your image in 4k please stop telling me what to do".

A third said: "I promise you not a single person cares if you can load an image in 4K on here".